My PASS Summit 2011 Schedule
The annual PASS Summit is upon us once again! Here's where I'll be next week:
Monday
Arriving in Seattle mid-afternoonMonday Night Networking...
2011-10-07
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Kendal Van Dyke
Going To The PASS Summit? Can I Have Your Soap And Shampoo?
After last year's PASS Summit I put my money where my mouth was and said I will do something this...
2011-10-05
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SQLSaturday Orlando Is Tomorrow!
Tomorrow marks the 4th annual SQLSaturday Orlando, held at Seminole State College in Sanford. We've got 46 sessions by 40+...
2011-09-23
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Configuring Windows 7 For Paired Storage
In recent years solid state drives (SSD for short) have dropped in price enough to be an affordable option in...
2011-09-08
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Are You Willing To Relocate?
I've recently been talking to people looking for DBAs and one of the questions that always gets asked early on...
2011-08-31
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Time Flies When You're Having Fun
I've done it; I've violated one of the rules I give to people who are interested in blogging: I went...
2011-08-29
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2011 Call For Speakers Closes July 24
The 2011 version of SQLSaturday Orlando (officially SQLSaturday #85), a joint effort between Orlando's PASS chapters OPASS and MagicPASS, is...
2011-07-22
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Presenting For South Florida SQL Server UG Tonight
Tonight, June 22, at 6:30 PM EDT I'm presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted In The Recovery Room for the...
2011-06-22
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Speaking At The 2011 PASS Summit
The official notices went out to speakers last week and I am privileged to have the opportunity to present two...
2011-06-21
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Orlando 101 For SQLRally Attendees: Weather
The inaugural SQLRally in Orlando is less than a week away (May 11-13)! Maybe you're coming to Orlando for the...
2011-05-06
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
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A New Word: Fawtle
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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