SQL: avoiding hard-coding or magic numbers

Question

Question: What are some other strategies on avoiding magic numbers or hard-coded values in your SQL scripts or stored procedures?

Consider a stored

Answer 1

This is how I would do it. (Because it is much faster than your example)

UPDATE SomeTable
SET CurrentStatusID = [Status].[ID]
FROM SomeTable
 RIGHT JOIN [Status] ON [Name] = 'Acknowledged'
WHERE SomeTable.[ID] = @SomeID

(not tested could have typos)