Check Syntax on a Database
This script finds the first error on all Sprocs, Functions, Triggers and Views in a database. Works in SQL Server 2005 and 2008
2009-04-21 (first published: 2009-03-26)
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Scripts
2009-04-17 (first published: 2008-10-15)
1,134 reads
Comparing Stored Procedures, Part 6
Sixth in a series of scripts demonstrating a quantitative comparison between the text of two stored procedures
2009-04-15 (first published: 2009-02-26)
1,427 reads
2009-04-14 (first published: 2009-03-05)
2,095 reads
2009-04-10 (first published: 2009-03-13)
2,179 reads
2009-04-09 (first published: 2009-03-16)
1,418 reads
SQL 2000: Track Stored Procedure Changes
SQL Server 2000 does not log the procedures modified using ALTER statement. Here's the script to find out the same.
2009-04-07 (first published: 2009-03-02)
1,318 reads
Comparing Stored Procedures, Part 5
Fifth in a series of scripts demonstrating a quantitative comparison between the text of two stored procedures
2009-04-03 (first published: 2009-02-23)
1,437 reads
Return User Roles
A stored procedure that will return the roles assigned to a user. Can be called from software to validate a user set up with Windows Authentication.
2009-03-25 (first published: 2009-02-19)
1,189 reads
Determine Users with Permission on an Object
This script will walk the hierarchical chain of users and roles to find users with permissions on an object.
2009-03-24 (first published: 2009-02-18)
1,640 reads
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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