Database Snapshots – A view of database at a specific point in time
Beginning with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced a new feature called database snaphots, which gives DBAs a way of presenting...
2012-12-11
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Why SQL Server security matters: A case study
Database technologies are an essential component of many information systems because they store a large amount of sensitive corporate data...
2012-12-02
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XML Support and SQL Server
Checkout my article here, in which I discussed the fundamentals of XML technologies.
This article is published on SSWUG.org.
2012-12-02
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Planning for ETL solution
Checkout my article here, in which I talked about the basic steps that are requried to plan an successful ETL...
2012-12-02
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How to migrate a SQL Server database to a lower version
Problem
After recently upgrading a SQL Server instance to SQL Server 2012 a few days ago, you noticed that your application...
2012-11-15
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SQL Server 2012 Installation Guide
Reblogged from Basit's SQL Server Tips:
This article walks the user through installation of SQL Server 2012 on a Windows Server...
2012-11-11
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SQL Server Database Consolidation
The database expansion costs money, not just software licenses. It costs money in maintenance and hardware, and also impacting businesses...
2012-11-11
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SQL Server Service Broker error database cannot be enabled
Problem
The SQL Server Database Engine returns the following error message after a service broker enabled database is restored to the...
2012-10-24
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Getting Started with Partially Contained Databases
Before SQL Server 2012, when we move or restore databases to a different SQL Server instance, then any logins associated...
2012-10-24
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SQL Server Locking Overview
Locking is a necessary part of transaction processing when working in a multi-user Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) environment. You use...
2012-10-21
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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...
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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