Seven Reasons You Should Attend SQLBits 7
SQLBits is Europe’s Largest SQL Server Event
That’s right, just take a moment to let that point hit home. If you...
2010-07-22
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John Sansom
Simplify Your DBCC CHECKDB Output
"Defend Your Data"
If you’re a SQL Server Database Administrator and you don’t know what CHECKDB is then you need to...
2010-07-14
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Jump Start Your SQL Server Learning Today (T-SQL Tuesday)
One of the great things about working with SQL Server is the opportunity to be involved in our fantastic SQL...
2010-07-13
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How to Provide Great Feedback
As a DBA you will encounter processes, code and design decisions within your environment that require change for the better....
2010-07-01
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The Politics of SQL Server Performance
Like most DBA’s I’m sure you often find yourself delivering information to the business concerning the performance of your SQL...
2010-06-30
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How much memory is each SQL Server database using?
Whilst perusing the forums over at SQL Server Central today I stumbled across an interesting question regarding how to identify...
2010-06-25
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With Great Advice Comes Great Responsibility
I know that you have seen it yourself too. That forum or blog post that contains “advice” that is daft,...
2010-05-02
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Part 2: Why you should be using the Full Recovery Model
Part 2 of the SQL Server Essentials Series looks at why you should be using the Full Recovery Model to protect your data assets.
2009-09-21
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SQL Server Memory Configuration, Determining MemToLeave Settings
Tweaking SQL Server memory settings to provide support for managed code.
2009-07-06
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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