Search for a specified GUID (or its part) in all databases (updated)
This procedure searches for the specified GUID (or its part) in all (or selected one) databases
2008-03-06 (first published: 2008-01-24)
1,000 reads
Miscellaneous
Sorted views in 2005 and TOP clause
These examples show how You can circumvent the problem with not working TOP 100 PERCENT and ORDER BY in views.
2008-02-22 (first published: 2008-01-22)
1,330 reads
Show all database's tables' columns' collations.
Created view displays all text columns' collations in the current database with the information whether
the collation is different from the database's one.
2008-04-04 (first published: 2008-01-22)
1,805 reads
Generating combinations 'm elements from n-element set'
This procedure generates a dataset with combinations of elements_to_select taken from number_of_values element set. It prints also the prepared query.
2008-04-01 (first published: 2008-01-21)
1,285 reads
2008-02-27 (first published: 2008-01-21)
1,074 reads
Effectively mapping primary key – foreign key relations
This script maps the primary key - foreign key relations regardless if the column names are the same or not.
2012-05-15 (first published: 2007-11-07)
2,997 reads
2007-12-27 (first published: 2007-10-23)
1,046 reads
Partitioning - Part 2
Continuing on with a look at SQL Server 205 partitioning features, Andy Warren delves into archiving techniques.
2007-10-08
9,199 reads
The Troubleshooting List
SQL Server guru Andy Warren brings us a list of things that he considers when things go wrong. Read about some of the common sense approaches to solving performance and other problems.
2007-10-03
4,617 reads
Working Your SOX Off
The Sarbanes-Oxley act has drastically changed the jobs of many DBAs with the audit and reporting requirements this act entails. Brandie Tarvin brings us some hints about how you can go about complying with the new requirements.
2007-10-01
3,826 reads
Blogs
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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