The 9th Day of SQL: Things Aren't as Simple as They Seem
The 12 days of SQL
Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) had an idea: a group of people should blog about writing which...
2010-12-21
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Kendra Little
Select * from dbo.FAIL: invalid metadata in views and user defined functions
This week a question on the Twitter #sqlhelp hash tag reminded me of a detail of SQL Server that I...
2010-12-16
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Introduction to Partitioning: Resources!
This past Saturday I presented my shiny new Introduction to SQL Server Partitioning session at SQL Saturday 61.
There were two...
2010-12-07
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TSQL Tuesday #11: Messages and the Clammy Seduction of the Print Statement
Note: Updated 10/28 based on conversation in the comments, and 12/10 with Denali info.
TSQL Tuesday #11: Misconceptions in SQL Server
This...
2010-10-12
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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers
Yeah, you heard me.
Do you like to read?
“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read permissions? And why...
2010-08-16
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Learning that Presenting is Worth Doing (T-SQL Tuesday #008: Gettin’ Schooled)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is hosted by Robert Davis and the topic is “How do you learn? How do you teach?...
2010-07-13
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Error Configuring DataCollector: A collection set cannot start without a schedule
Data Collection, Puppy Style
Update: Based on Bill Ramos’ comment below and a note on Twitter (thanks!!) I have added some...
2010-06-26
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Change Data Capture vs Change Tracking
Make sure to check out the comments on this one!
A short conversation on Twitter Monday night reminded me of this...
2010-06-23
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Blogs
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Plan your 2026
By Brian Kelley
If you don't have a plan, you'll accomplish it. That's not a good thing.
Another Change
By Steve Jones
Today Redgate announced that we are partnering with Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity...
Forums
Where Your Value Separates You from Others
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Where Your Value Separates You...
Fixing the Error
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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