2013-02-13 (first published: 2013-01-25)
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Scripts
Generate Column Metadata
This utility will generate column and parameter metadata in various useful formats for tables, views, and procedures.
2013-02-12 (first published: 2013-01-18)
788 reads
Tables and rows listing
Simple script which create a list of all the tables and rows of the selected DB.
2013-02-11 (first published: 2012-12-21)
1,191 reads
2013-02-08 (first published: 2012-12-27)
1,567 reads
T-SQL Bulk Insert
T-SQL that allows you to import tab delimited text file into correct table based on file name.
2013-02-07 (first published: 2012-12-27)
2,354 reads
2013-02-06 (first published: 2012-12-27)
1,877 reads
Create and Populate a Date Dimension Table
Creates and populates a date-dimension table suitable for OLTP or data warehouse purposes.
2013-02-04
3,347 reads
Change database compatability level of all databases
Changes the database compatibility level of all databases to the given level.
2013-01-31 (first published: 2013-01-07)
960 reads
List Database Users and their Corresponding Roles
Database Users and their Corresponding Roles and type login.
2013-01-28 (first published: 2013-01-16)
2,136 reads
Grouped Failover, a 2008R2 version of Availability Groups
One of the new cool features in SQL 2012 is the SQL Server Availability groups. In other words being able to failover a group of databases which are logically connected. i.e. SharePoint databases. Well, it is also possible to do that in SQL 2008 (R2). It’s called a Grouped Failover.
2013-01-24 (first published: 2013-01-16)
612 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)
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Forums
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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