Fun with a String
I recently had a friend contact me recently to ask for some help with TSQL. The basic issue is that he had 2 tables. Table 1 has numeric key...
2011-01-06
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions...
2011-01-05
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions on the schedule. My answer is a resounding...
2011-01-05
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. ...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. Unfortunately we are having to push back the voting...
2011-01-04
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Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals,...
2011-01-03
450 reads
Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals, and I read Brent Ozar’s post, Goals? Where we’re...
2011-01-03
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Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did...
2010-12-30
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Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did so poorly. Here’s what I did: Community ...
2010-12-30
5 reads
PASS SQLRally Call For Speakers Update
Well, we have 3 days left in the PASS SQLRally Call for speakers and we are doing well. We have over...
2010-12-13
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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