SQL Server in Luxembourg
The SQL Server Luxembourg User Group will be holding its first major event of 2012 on Tuesday 17th January, starting at 4:30pm. The venue will be Microsoft's offices at Cloche d'Or.
2012-01-02
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Press Release
SQL Saturday #104 - Colorado Springs
Start your 2012 off right with a free day of training in Colorado Springs. Bring the kids as well, as the venue is very family friendly.
2011-12-30 (first published: 2011-12-06)
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Red Gate Software announces DBA in Space competition winner
Find out who has been announced as the winner of Red Gate Software's DBA in Space competition.
2011-12-21
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PASS Data Architecture VC presents Row Versioned Data Warehouses with Jeremy Huppatz
On Thursday December 15th at 8PM Pacific, Jeremy will discuss the strengths and disadvantages of a row-versioned data warehouse design in the context of a real world case study, sharing lessons learnt and demonstrating some of the technologies and techniques used to build a row-versioned data warehouse
2011-12-15
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Vote for SQL Bits 10
Voting is now open to choose the sessions you would like to see at the SQLBits Community Day on 31st March, 2012.
2011-12-13
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Vote for the DBA in Space Finalists
There are 15 finalists in the DBA in Space competition. Cast your vote today, and every day, for the next 5 days to decide who is going into space.
2011-12-12 (first published: 2011-12-08)
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Survey: what features do you want from a backup tool?
We’d like your thoughts on what new features should go into our backup tools. Let us know by completing this short survey.
2011-12-07
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Announcing Red Gate SQL Test
SQL Test is a new unit testing plug-in which allows you to seamlessly write, run and manage tests within SQL Server Management Studio. Download the preview release now.
2011-12-02
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2011-12-02
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DBA in Space - The Answers Revealed
Our space judges are checking over the DBA in Space entries ready to reveal the finalists on December 6th. Meanwhile, we've revealed the answers, so why not take a look?
2011-11-30 (first published: 2011-11-25)
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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