What’s New In Denali for SSRS
I was so excited when I found out that Denali was released last week. Like it was Christmas time, I...
2010-11-23
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Brian K. McDonald
What's New In Denali for SSRS
I was so excited when I found out that Denali was released last week. Like it was Christmas time, I...
2010-11-16
473 reads
It's an Opportunity! Not an Obstacle!
Write this down… No really… Write it, print it, send it to all of your friends and loved ones. J...
2010-11-15
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PASS, Keynotes and Tweeting
I have never had the opportunity to go to PASS before, but even though I was unable to attend this...
2010-11-15
330 reads
My Fat Finger and the Target Invocation Exception
I was creating an SSIS package recently and ran into the “TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of...
2010-11-12
706 reads
Appending Date to End of Report Name in Reporting Services Subscription
Recently, a friend of mine asked me how he could have the date appended to the end of a file...
2010-11-09
13,668 reads
Blogging and Saving Money at the Same Time
I enjoy blogging. I enjoy passing on the information that I have gathered over the years. I also enjoy doing...
2010-11-09
601 reads
Windows 7 in GodMode
I recently became aware of a special hack in Windows 7. It is called GodMode and can very simply be...
2010-11-09
655 reads
How Stale Are My Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, you typically wouldn’t want your statistics to be aged. At least for tables that are being updated...
2010-11-08
3,068 reads
SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Return First Date of Month
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the third post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-11-06
538 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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Question of the Day
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