Three skills to look for in a technology partner
SQL Treeo’s founder and CEO, Danny Riebeek, reflects on his 20+ years in the IT industry. Q: What prompted you...
2018-09-19
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Overview of SQL Joins in SQL Server
The ability to combine results from related rows from multiple tables is an important part of relational database system design. In SQL...
2018-09-19
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Midlands PASS Reboot!
If you’re in or near the Columbia, SC area, we are rebooting the Midlands PASS Chapter. Here is our first...
2018-09-19
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Databases and DevOps, It’s Not Just Me
Anyone who subscribes to my blog or my YouTube channel as well as anyone following me on social media knows...
2018-09-19
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You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY
Did you know you can’t do this?
DELETE TOP (10)
FROM SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY SalesOrderID DESC;Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8
Incorrect...
2018-09-27 (first published: 2018-09-19)
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Careful with your SQL Server Max Memory settings
Quite often I see database administrators set SQL Server max server memory thinking everything related to SQL Server uses this...
2018-09-19
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PASSITON discount code for PASS Summit 2018
This week only PASS has a new discount code of PASSITON for an additional $200 off 3-day registration. This is in addition to registration going up next by $200...
2018-09-19
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Powershell Error – Import-Module AzureRm
I was playing with SQL Azure on my brand new Surface pro device. I open the Windows Powershell ISE as administrator to...
2018-09-19
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ExpressRoute and VPNs in Azure
In this edition of Azure Every Day, I’d like to discuss networking and interacting between your data center and Azure....
2018-09-18
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Don’t Just Rely on Query Execution Stats for T-SQL Execution
I recently had an incident where I was looking into the cause of a long running process for a client....
2018-09-28 (first published: 2018-09-18)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
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Question of the Day
Using CHOOSE()
We have this code that sets some status values and then queries them using the CHOOSE() function in SQL Server 2025.
CREATE TABLE Status
(
StatusID INT,
StatusDescription VARCHAR(20)
);
GO
INSERT dbo.Status
(
StatusID,
StatusDescription
)
VALUES
(0, 'Uncategorized'),
(1, 'Active'),
(2, 'Inactive'),
(3, 'Temp');
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(StatusID, 'Unknown', 'Active', 'Inactive', 'Temporary')
FROM Status;
When the SELECT runs, what is returned? See possible answers