Speaking at the 2011 PASS Summit
The emails came in today and 2 out of 4 of my sessions were selected. Both are the ones I...
2011-06-15
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Planning Your Upgrade Well
Yesterday I talked about the importance of having a tested business recovery plan. If you didn't read yesterday's post, the...
2011-06-07
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The Importance of a Business Recovery Plan
Recently I was in one of those chain restaurants (the middle-priced, sit-down types) and shortly after we got there, we...
2011-06-06
1,895 reads
Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit
In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...
2011-06-01
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Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources
As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...
2011-05-13
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You Are Responsible for You
Steve Jones wrote an editorial yesterday called The Poor Soul. It talked about being thrown into a responsibility one didn't...
2011-05-12
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Vote for My PASS Summit Sessions
Yes, this is absolutely a shameless post for self-promotion. However, since potential attendees get to offer input into what sessions...
2011-05-11
954 reads
Dealing with Frustration in the Workplace
Inevitably, even if we work for ourselves, we get frustrated with our workplace. This is true of all aspects of...
2011-05-11
3,029 reads
Know Your Limits
A little over a week ago I roughed up my back moving sound equipment after a ministry event. I have...
2011-05-10
1,710 reads
I Won't Be at SQL Rally
I am excited about the SQL Rally event that's coming up next week. However, I won't be there. I've been...
2011-05-05
862 reads
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