TechEd - Query Performance
A program manager asked the question at the start: Who's had a query performance issue where a query "went bad"...
2008-06-12
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Blog Posts
Presentations using a Panel Format
At the recent SQLSaturday #4 we had a session end up finishing much earlier than expected, so we gave the...
2008-06-11
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TechEd - Data Corruption
I went to this one, mostly because I don't understand coruption that well and Paul Randal is a great speaker....
2008-06-11
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TechEd - IO and Wait Stats
Andrew Kelley, SQL Server MVP, is a good speaker, so I'd recommend his sessions if you want good technical information.
IO...
2008-06-11
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How to Do and Not Do Customer Support
I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for use both for professional work (consulting & presentations) and ministry (mostly presentations)....
2008-06-10
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IndyTechFest Update
Just received this from my friend John Magnabosco about the SQL portion of the event:
Business Intelligence Track - TBD (Arie Jones,...
2008-06-10
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TechED - Building an SOA Data Center
Talking about heterogenous systems, usually legacy systems. How do you move to a new architecture?
You must start with the old...
2008-06-10
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TechEd - Designing a Global Database
I was going to hit a Powershell lab because the Scripting Guys at TechNet write great columns, but it filled...
2008-06-10
1,298 reads
Provisioning Storage
It's a rite of passage in our business that we have to learn the RAID levels, and I still enjoy...
2008-06-09
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Change of Leaders at ONETUG - Adios Shawn!
Shawn Weisfeld has been the President of ONETUG (Orlando .Net Users Group) for the past three years and has just...
2008-06-08
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Forums
Where Your Value Separates You from Others
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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