2011-09-09 (first published: 2007-11-19)
8,952 reads
Scripts
Script a Database Role
Script one or all roles in a database. Includes users, obect permissions and column permissions.
2011-09-08 (first published: 2008-01-08)
5,293 reads
Generate Scripts to Compare Tables
Generate the scripts that will allow you to compare tables pass/fail.
2011-09-07 (first published: 2007-12-28)
12,628 reads
2011-09-06 (first published: 2011-08-13)
1,993 reads
2011-09-05 (first published: 2007-01-25)
4,003 reads
Getting Age in Text or Date Difference in text format
This function returns the difference between the date in text format
2011-09-01 (first published: 2011-08-30)
1,065 reads
2011-08-31 (first published: 2011-08-24)
2,588 reads
List all tables without LOB columns
Lists all the tables in a database that do not contain any LOB columns(text, ntext, image, varchar (max), nvarchar (max), varbinary (max) and xml).
Useful when rebuilding indexes online.
2011-08-30 (first published: 2011-08-25)
769 reads
Find gaps in primary keys across multiple databases
Output table of gaps in a primary key across multiple databases on same, remote and/or linked servers.
2011-08-29 (first published: 2011-08-12)
970 reads
2011-08-24 (first published: 2011-08-12)
1,180 reads
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...
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