2015-10-01 (first published: 2015-09-13)
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Scripts
2015-09-30 (first published: 2015-09-17)
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Get Server version Info
Yet another Script To get Sql server version Info. Run From Central Management server to get all your environment servers
2015-09-29 (first published: 2015-09-10)
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2015-09-28 (first published: 2015-09-10)
1,195 reads
Show solving arithmetic expression step by step
A script to show how to solve arithmetic expressions step-by-step, for my 9-year old daughter.
2015-09-25 (first published: 2015-09-09)
1,206 reads
Document the output of all the SPs in HTML fashion
A script to document the output columns of all the SPs in a given database, with a HTML formatted document
2015-09-24 (first published: 2015-09-08)
1,988 reads
Open transactions on a database
This script will show you all open transactions from any query windows.
2015-09-23 (first published: 2013-01-14)
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2015-09-22 (first published: 2012-10-01)
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SQL Server CPU Usage History Histogram
Returns a summary of CPU usage by SQL Server over the last 4 hours (default).
Using the sample values collected in the dm_os_ring_buffers dmv, this query will show CPU usage by the SQL Server process for the last for hours even if you have no other benchmarking activities in place on your server yet.
2015-09-18 (first published: 2014-05-14)
5,613 reads
SQL Job Timeline (Graphical)
This script generates a graphical timeline of all SQL jobs with a variable zoom level
2015-09-17 (first published: 2013-01-14)
6,738 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