PowerShell Usage In DBA Work — Case Study 1 / 7
I have been blogged non-technical topics for too long and it is time for me to return to my favourite...
2013-03-06
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Jeffrey Yao
Where Should Database Administration Go?
For the past 5 or 6 years, we have seen lots of innovative products emerged, from smartphone to tablets, from...
2013-02-04
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DBA Work Accounting
One thing lots of DBA teams, esp. the DBA managers, feel uncomfortable is that it is difficult to quantify/log DBA’s...
2012-10-22
1,829 reads
Why I dislike Third Party Database Monitoring Tools
I have to admit I am not a fan of the various 3rd party monitoring tools (after using a few...
2012-09-17
1,893 reads
When Can You Be Considered As A Senior DBA
As a DBA, when can you consider yourself as a senior DBA?
If you read online posts, you will find most...
2012-08-27
3,452 reads
Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part Two
As a DBA, we have to take various actions based on huge amount of information received. In one perspective, our...
2012-07-31
1,892 reads
Improve DBA Operation Productivity – Part One
I define DBA operation productivity as the total positive values brought to the work environment by a DBA in a...
2012-07-24
1,077 reads
Inspirational Database Administration Requirements
Just as a society’s civilization is mostly nurtured by its culture, I believe that DBA work quality is mostly determined...
2012-06-23
927 reads
“Green” Database Administration
For the past few years, I have seen tens of sql server boxes added in my work environment every year,...
2012-06-04
4,630 reads
Investment for DBA Career
As IT professionals, we all will consider and take actions, at some point of time, to “invest” in our careers....
2012-06-02
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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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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