SAN and NAS protocols and how they impact SQL Server
Discusses the various SAN and NAS protocols (FC, iSCSI, NFS) and how choosing one over the other can impact your SQL Server Performance.
2015-07-24 (first published: 2012-04-24)
18,222 reads
Gregory Jackson
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RAID and Its Impact on your SQL Performance
This article attempts to explain RAID's impact on SQL performance.
2014-05-16 (first published: 2012-05-01)
37,970 reads
Correlated Joins Using "Apply"
Discusses the use of the newly introduced APPLY Statement in SQL Server 2005
2009-02-27 (first published: 2008-06-16)
24,979 reads
The Cost of Function Use In A Where Clause
Discusses Index Selection impact when functions are wrapped around WHERE clause filtering columns
2008-02-28
16,003 reads
A Reporting System Architecture
This article describes one method of implementing a reporting system in SQL Server 2005
2008-01-21
14,058 reads
Who Cares about FillFactor?
New Author! The first of two articles this week on fill factors, this article looks at the impact fill factor can have on performance and shows you the key tools and counters you use to assess the impact of changes to fill factor.
2003-11-19
25,935 reads
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Fixing the Error
On SQL Server 2025, I have a database that has this collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. I decide I want to run this code:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C*3068 and good night', '*') AS 'A Classic';
I get this error:Msg 9844, Level 16, State 4, Line 24 The char/varchar input type uses an unsupported collation. Only a UTF8 collation is supported with char/varchar input type in UNISTR function.What is the easiest way to fix this error? See possible answers