Distributed AG
going though Allan Hirt’s 24 SQLPASS recording, he has explained the new feature of SQL Server Availability group you can get...
2016-09-19
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Vinay Thakur
Future DBA part 2
I do not say you should be expert in other technologies but you should be aware of what it is...
2016-09-15
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Future DBA Part 1
As I stated in my earlier blog on future DBA, we should learn many things as we can to be...
2016-09-14
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World is changing so DBA should
I was going through SQLPASS recording and on first time I could see a session as “MongoDB for the SQL...
2016-09-13
387 reads
24 Hours of SQLPASS
Like every years before PASS summit, this years also SQLpass has 24 hrs sessions… it has great sessions every time,...
2016-09-12
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SQL 2016-Always Encrypted
As you know this has been introduced in sql server 2016, I am not going in details on it but...
2016-05-07
469 reads
SQL Server 2016 …whats new…WOW!!!
Hey there…. I wrote on SQL Server 2016 in my earlier blog Lets See and Whats new, during that time I knew that SQL...
2016-04-01
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2016-01-11
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SQL Server 2016 – whats new…lets see
Hey friends. I am here again with what’s new blog … Things are changing quite frequently and requirement is also changing....
2016-01-11
438 reads
Installation SQL Server 2016
Here is some of the installation processes(https://thakurvinay.wordpress.com/category/installation/) Below is very nice step-by -step installation process for SQL Server 2016: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/installing-sql-server-2016.html
2015-12-15
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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