2011-03-02
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Administration
SQL Server Error Log Scanning
This article will show you how to scan SQL Server Error Logs with ease and track important information that is stored there.
2013-09-06 (first published: 2011-02-14)
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2011-02-11
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2011-02-08
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2011-02-07
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2011-02-04
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Rebuild SQL Server Master Databases in Less than 5 Minutes
How to rebuild your master database quickly and safely.
2011-02-03
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(new) Kill ALL Connections To a SQL Database
Ever puzzled by the database "Currently in Use" error even though you thought all connections had been Killed? That’s because the wrong table SysProcesses was used.
2011-02-15 (first published: 2011-01-26)
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2011-01-25
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2011-01-24
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
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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)
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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