Introduction to Profiler
This article introduces Profiler presenting what it is, how to use it, and why you might want to use it.
2009-04-16
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Administration
Dropping multiple objects with a single DROP statement
Most SQL Server users drop one object at a time using either SSMS or a single drop statement. In many scenarios we may need to drop several objects of the same type. Is there a way to drop several objects through less lines of code?
2009-03-30
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Spring Clean Your Database Schema
The utility described in this article allows you to quickly identify which columns have mismatched data types across tables in a database. Correcting these will improve performance etc.
2009-01-19
12,216 reads
Managing many SQL Servers?
Here's an article from Rudy Panigas on how to more effectively manage multiple servers.
2009-01-15
8,992 reads
Scope: The drastic caveat with Logon Triggers.
In this article, Johan Bijnens shows how logon triggers can bite you in the back.
2008-12-15
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2008-12-01
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2008-11-28
3,785 reads
SQL Server Preproduction Tasks
What are some of the things that you need to do before you sign off and hand it over to production? What do you need to do to keep the server running smoothly?
2008-11-26
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2008-11-25
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2008-11-17
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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)
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
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Re-Seeding a Broken Log Shipping Secondary (Without Touching the Primary)
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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