Have You Grabbed the SQL Sentry Plan Explorer Yet?
I won't say I despise SQL Server Management Studio's (SSMS) display for execution plans, but it's about at that level....
2010-10-27
1,249 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Why CONTROL SERVER Doesn't Cut It
With the new securables since SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has advised that we start moving away from the fixed server...
2010-10-26
4,543 reads
Vote for Me for a PASS SQLRally Precon on SQL Server Security
Unless James Bond is in the picture, security is usually not a sexy topic. However, we all lament the lack...
2010-10-25
2,058 reads
Speaking for SQL Lunch on Wednesday
This coming Wednesday I'll be speaking for SQL Lunch on the topic of Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server. The abstract for...
2010-10-22
516 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 25, 2010
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Applied MDX - Kevin Geoff
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Refactoring SQL Applications - Jeremiah Peschka
Pragmatic Works - Pro...
2010-10-22
863 reads
Give Back and Get Free Tools to Do So
SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog | twitter) has been running a project, Project Phoenix, to benefit unemployed/underemployed developers who are striving to do...
2010-10-17
568 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 18, 2010
Tuesday
PASS - 24 Hours of PASS - LATAM: All Sessions in Spanish or Portuguese
Pragmatic Works - SQL Statement Tuning with Indexing Strategies - Kevin...
2010-10-15
787 reads
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) - A Handy Tool for DBAs
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a very common tool over on the Active Directory side. As the name...
2010-10-14
8,553 reads
Tools I Use to Scan for SQL Servers
I was having a Twitter conversation on this yesterday and naturally Aaron Nelson (blog | twitter) popped in with "PowerShell!" I like PowerShell,...
2010-10-13
15,574 reads
Slides and Demo from Midlands PASS Presentation - October 12, 2010
Here are the slides and demo script from the presentation on Understanding SQL Server Query Processing.
2010-10-12
543 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...
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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