Exam 70-432 - SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance
For years, actually more like a decade, I've been saying that I'm going to get certified in SQL Server. Well...
2013-01-15
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SQL Server has encountered % occurence(s) of cachestore flush for the % cachestore (part of plan cache) due to some database maintenance or reconfigure operations
Have you seen this type of an informational message in your SQL errorlog before? If so, then I hope the...
2013-01-07
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How to Use xp_dirtree to List All Files in a Folder - Part 2
In a previous blog post, I demonstrated how you can use an undocumented stored procedure, master.sys.xp_dirtree, to list all files...
2012-12-31
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SQL Saturday #143 - Washington, DC
Last week, I attended my very first SQL Saturday event in Washington, DC. Although I don't live anywhere near Washington,...
2012-12-18
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T-SQL Terminator
You may have noticed in my code examples, I always include a semicolon ";" at the end of my TSQL statements. ...
2012-12-11
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Get Performance Counters from within SQL Server
I think most DBAs know that you can use the Windows Performance Monitor to capture performance metrics for your SQL...
2012-12-04
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How to Use xp_delete_file to Purge Old Backup Files
Continuing on my recent trend of using undocumented stored procedures, this week I thought we can cover using xp_delete_file to...
2012-11-21
4,216 reads
How to Use xp_dirtree to List All Files in a Folder
UPDATED -- Dec 31, 2012 -- Be sure to read Part 2 of this post discussing xp_dirtree.
Last week I blogged about how...
2012-11-13
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Dynamically Create a Folder for Each Database
If you're a DBA like me then you're probably pretty detail-oriented and like to keep things very organized. For example,...
2012-11-06
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Customize the Management Studio Toolbar
Management Studio is great tool with almost everything you need right at your fingertips. Notice I said "almost". I like...
2012-10-30
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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