Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Spiderman
Originally posted on Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave:
I have to admit, Spiderman is my favorite superhero. The most...
2014-05-17
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Data Collection in SQL Server
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2014-05-11
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Allowing your App team to run SQL Agent Jobs
Problem : In most of your projects, there is always that situation that the application team have that need to run...
2014-05-10
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That “Cannot Generate SSPI Context” headache
Problem : You have completed an SQL Server setup on a new instance. The setup is successful, you can connect locally...
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SQL Agent Error During Windows Failover Cluster Setup
Problem: You had just finished up installing cluster setup in your Primary node. After verifying your setup is complete and...
2014-04-27
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Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
Here’s a link for the download for the CU #16 for SQL2008 SP3 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2014/03/17/cumulative-update-16-for-sql-server-2008-sp3.aspx. The post also includes all the previous...
2014-03-31
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Understanding CXPACKET wait stats in SQL Server
Understanding CXPACKET From the SQL BOL (Books on Line) CXPACKET is defined as Class Exchange Packet and “occurs when trying...
2014-01-21
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Reviewer #17 Database Replication in SQL Server 2012
Wow, my first article for the year 2014! Here’s to a blessed and fruitful year ahead for all of us...
2014-01-08
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Understanding the Copy_Only option in Backups for SQL Server
The Copy_Only option is very useful in full backup scenario when you don’t want to break up the sequence of...
2014-01-08
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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