Finding Key Lookups In Cached Execution Plans
Ask anyone with performance tuning experience to list the most expensive operations in an execution plan and it's a safe...
2010-07-29
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Kendal Van Dyke
SQLRally Logo Contest - Fame & Fortune Up For Grabs!
Now that the PASS SQLRally (formerly known as the spring event) has a name it's time to start building a...
2010-07-22
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Getting Started In Blogging And Technical Speaking - At The 2010 PASS Summit
In case you missed it the Program Session (60 min. long) selections are now available on the 2010 PASS Summit...
2010-07-21
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Introducing The PASS SQLRally
If you're a PASS member you may have noticed in this morning's Community Connector that the 2011 spring event I...
2010-07-14
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In The Spotlight!
I received an unexpected but certainly not unwelcome email last night letting me know that I've been selected to present...
2010-06-23
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PASS 2011 Spring Event In Orlando
In March of this year the PASS Board of Directors began kicking around the idea of holding some kind of...
2010-06-21
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Presenting At OPASS June 15
On Tuesday, June 15, I'm presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted in the Recovery Room at the Orlando SQL Server...
2010-06-10
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PASS Summit 2010 Abstract Submissions
I submitted three abstracts for the 2010 PASS Summit this year - two "normal" (75 minute) and one spotlight (90 minute)...
2010-06-08
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"Troubleshooting Transaction Replication" Published In SQL Server Magazine
I've been published! My article Troubleshooting Transactional Replicationis featured in the June 2010 issue of SQL Server Magazine (subscription required...
2010-05-28
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STS-132 NASA Tweetup or "I've Won A Golden Ticket!"
Note: This is a very non-SQL Server related post. If you don't want to read something personal about me feel...
2010-05-11
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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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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Encoding Functions
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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