SQL Server Execution Plan formats
Execution plan helps in knowing how a query gets executed and troubleshooting a query which is performing poor. In SQL...
2016-09-14
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Importance of Database Backup In SQL Server
Overview To save any organisation from any big future loss, one needs make a proper strategy or disaster plan that...
2016-09-01
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Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – Sp_rename not allowed
Hi friends, one more limitation of In-Memory OLTP is SQL Server 2016 is that sp_rename is not allowed to change...
2016-07-21
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Getting started with In Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – Part 1
In Memory OLTP (Hekaton) introduced in SQL Server 2014 is a new database engine component which is optimized for OLTP...
2016-07-18
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Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL 2016 – Create Index is not supported
Hi friends, in this blog I will discuss another limitation of In Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016. Once you...
2016-07-17
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Introduction to Row Level Security in SQL 2016
In SQL 2016 several new security features gets introduced which will help users to protect their data in many ways. New security feature Row Level Security (RLS) which implements the security inside the database itself, not at application level.
2016-07-14
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SQL Server – How to retrieve SQL plans from Cache
Hi friends, in this blog post I will tell you how we can retrieve the SQL plan from the cache....
2016-07-13
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SQL Server – String_Escape function in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another string function that introduced is String_Escape. This function can escape special characters within...
2016-07-10
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Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Certifications Announced
Hi friends, Microsoft has announced the release of three new SQL 2016 certifications, based on the different working database professional’s...
2016-07-08
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SQL Server – STRING_SPLIT function in SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another new function STRING_SPLIT gets introduced which helps in splitting the character expression using...
2016-07-06
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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