How To Use Temporal Tables For Easy Point-In-Time Analysis
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Have you ever needed to look at what data in a table used to look like?
If you have, it probably took a knuckle-cracking filled...
2017-05-23
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Bert Wagner
XML vs JSON Shootout: Which is Superior in SQL Server 2016?
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Additional performance comparisons available in an updated post.
Starting with the 2016 release, SQL Server offers native JSON support. Although the implementation is not perfect,...
2017-05-16
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One SQL Cheat Code For Amazingly Fast JSON Queries
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Recently I've been working with JSON in SQL Server 2016 a lot.
One of the hesitations many people have with using JSON in SQL Server...
2017-05-09
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How to fix your terribly slow SQL job
How many times have you written a program, ETL, analysis job, etc… that seemed like it would never finish running?
Although poor performance can be caused in a multitude of...
2017-05-02
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Three Changes You Should Always Make Before Checking In Any Code
This story originally appeared in Hacker Noon on March 11, 2017.
A code refactor always leaves me with a feeling of accomplishment. Although major refactorings are the most satisfying, every...
2017-04-25
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How to write understandable code for your future self
This story originally appeared in Hacker Noon on February 10, 2017.
I can't tell you the number of times the title of this post has crossed my mind as I...
2017-04-18
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Will Technology Eliminate Your Tech Job?
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users to share ideas about...
2017-04-11
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[Video] JSON Usage and Performance in SQL Server 2016
Last night I had the privilege to present to the Ohio North SQL Server User Group about JSON in SQL Server 2016. There was a great crowd present (they...
2017-04-05
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Who Stuck These Letters In My DateTimes?
Parsing, creating, and modifying JSON in SQL Server 2016 is really easy. JSON dates and times are not.
Coming from a predominantly SQL background, the JSON DateTime format took some...
2017-03-28
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C#'s foreach ruined my afternoon
The other afternoon I ran into some nightmarish debugging with the following code:
private static void StartThreads()
{
var values = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3 };
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2017-03-21
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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