Database Stuck in Suspect Mode
My holiday week did not started off very good. I come in and find a UAT environment database in suspect...
2018-11-27
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Justin Figg
Happy Thanksgiving Readers!
I wanted to take a moment and wish an easy week in the office and a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
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2018-11-19
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2018-11-16
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Steps to Create an In-Memory table for SQL Server
Creating a table to be in memory compared to standard tables that use the files on disk can have several...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Why did my execution plan change?
As a SQL Server DBA it is important to understand why and how the SQL engine works. Understanding as much...
2018-11-13
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Should you update stats for your SQL Server database?
Statistics on database objects are very important to the SQL Server engine optimizing execution plans and running at the most...
2018-11-06
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Using MAXDOP to fix a performance problem
As DBA’s we are sometimes put in a rock and hard place when it comes to database performance. This situation...
2018-11-06 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Async Network IO SQL Wait
Over the last few days we have been tracking down the cause of some really high async network IO waits. ...
2018-08-30 (first published: 2018-08-15)
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Helpful Undocumented Stored Procedure “sp_MsForEachDB”
This week’s post will be a short one to talk about a very helpful stored procedure in SQL Server called...
2018-08-30
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Always On SQL Server Replica in a Disconnected State
Sometimes the SQL logs and application logs provide some great info in regards to errors and issues. When building an...
2018-08-22
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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