Converting Types in C#
I am not a great software developer. I’m OK, and I do know how to use Google and Stack Overflow well. Maybe my best skill is wording searches well?...
2023-04-07 (first published: 2023-03-22)
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Blog Posts
Dropping Career Goals for Q2
I set goals at the beginning of 2023 for Q1. I didn’t do well, as my evaluation earlier this week has a D for my efforts. I’m re-evaluating things,...
2023-04-07
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KQL Series – KQL the next query language you need to learn – a video from Data Exposed
I love KQL so much I even made a video and if you compare it to my last blog post – yeah my hair has changed a bit…And my...
2023-04-07 (first published: 2023-03-20)
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Star Schema Merchandising Available
Those of you who follow me on social media (twitter | LinkedIn | mastadon) or who read my blog here, might be familiar with my catchphrase “STAR SCHEMA ALL...
2023-04-06
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EightKB Topics
Hello all, I’ve been speaking to various people about EightKB and there does seem to be a misunderstanding out there about the topics of submissions that we are looking...
2023-04-05
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New Job -> Week 1 -> What Tools Do You Need?
I changed to a new job and started it this week. Before I started, I thought of all the things I thought I would want to do when I...
2023-04-05 (first published: 2023-03-17)
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SQL Server Quickie #45 – SQL Server Availability Groups
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #45 to YouTube. This time I’m talking about SQL Server Availability Groups.
2023-04-05 (first published: 2023-03-21)
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WIT Women Speakers Survey
There is a survey from the WIT group for female speakers. If you are a woman and speak in front of groups, or used to, please fill it out....
2023-04-05
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-27-2023 & MegaCON
Zach's 1st MegaCon 2011 Hello Dear Reader! This past week is a blur. It was a tough week at work. That sentence is an understatement, but its really all I...
2023-04-04
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Data Ceili 2023 – Schedule and Registration
Today we have announced the schedule for Data Céilí 2023 and have opened registration! We have two days of great sessions for you, the 8th of June will have...
2023-04-03
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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...
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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