T-SQL Scripts to generate the HTML-formatted database storage report
This article will show how to generate an HTML formatted report of your disk space.
2023-06-12
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Administration
Validating Password Expiration
Steve notes that password expiration is important for SQL Logins, but he knows this isn't always configured when logins are created, or checked later to see if it is still enabled.
2023-05-27
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Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM on Azure
This article looks at deploying SQL Server on an Azure VM from Azure Data Studio.
2023-05-24
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How to Find the SQL Server Instance Startup Time
Learn a number of methods to view or programmatically get the SQL Server instance startup time.
2023-05-12
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The Top SQL Server Engine Errors
The SQL Server Support team published the top errors they see in calls. Steve has a few comments on what they're doing to help customers.
2023-03-04
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The Struggles to Keep Up with Growing Systems
The growing complexity of environments can cause struggles for many IT professionals. However, we need to ensure we are not making things worse.
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
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dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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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