Providing Quality to the Community
This has been on my mind since last week after a conversation with a friend of mine, Bobby Dimmick (twitter)....
2010-05-19
1,188 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Microsoft Certified Architect - Infrastructure and Solutions Are No More
A friend of mine had been out to the Microsoft Certified Architect site recently and noted that the Infrastructure and...
2010-05-14
1,961 reads
Join the Community - AKA, "Where did he go, George?"
In recent days I've kind of dropped off the map with respect to SQL Server, including with the Security and...
2010-05-11
761 reads
Why I Don't Look for a Telecommuting Job
I just got done reading Brent Ozar's post about why folks don't get the telecommuting job they want. It's a...
2010-05-07
3,110 reads
SQL University Post Coming Tomorrow
This is a short note to say that the SQL University post will arrive tomorrow. Today we're dealing with the...
2010-04-28
1,438 reads
SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC - October 2, 2010
This is the official announcement that we are officially scheduled for holding a SQL Saturday in Columbia, SC, on October...
2010-04-27
883 reads
SQL University: Auditing SQL Server, Part I
Welcome to the Security and Auditing Week for SQL University. Last semester we looked at the basics of SQL Server...
2010-04-26
2,786 reads
Thoughts on the SQL Server 2008 R2 Press Conference
If you weren't aware, Microsoft held a BI telelconference today which announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server...
2010-04-21
1,181 reads
2010 Scripting Games
Since I've decided it's time for me to learn Powershell, naturally the best way to learn it is to dive...
2010-04-21
763 reads
PowerShell 2.0 on Windows XP SP3 - Can It Be Upgraded?
In my last blog post I indicated that I would be adding learning PowerShell to my list of goals. I...
2010-04-15
5,031 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