I'm Back!
I've been gone... wow. Since March 31st of this year?! Let's fix that.
So what has been holding me back?
Kids? I...
2016-09-23
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DBA On The Go
I hope you didn't miss it!
Warning: This is a really short post.
Today March 31st, BrentOzar.com is giving away their videos! Well, not giving away... but...
2016-03-31
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SQL Saturday Oklahoma City, OK: 422 August 29th, 2015!
We're proud to bring back the OKC SQL Saturday for the 5th year in a row! We have 3 precons...
2015-03-09
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SQL Server, Error message 1785, and cascading deletes: How it kills kittens
I've been gone for a bit, forgive the long delay. Who would have thought the hatred for a cascading delete...
2015-03-03
1,085 reads
I'm Speaking at SQL Saturday 300 - Kansas City and a Few Questions About SQL Saturdays!
This is just a short update. I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Kansas City! I really hope to see...
2014-09-08
584 reads
Speaker Buddy System
SirSQL made a rather stirring post recently. He talked about a speaker buddy system to help out new speakers in...
2014-07-25 (first published: 2014-07-21)
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Collaborated Training: What Legacy Will You Leave?
My very first IT job was a bit daunting for me. I really wanted to do my best but I...
2014-07-07
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Plagiarism: A Community Destroyed
Personal Thoughts
Just to be clear, I don't expect everyone to have my same thoughts. I personally fully support SQLServerCentral and...
2014-06-23
481 reads
Come see me in Baton Rouge Aug 2nd!
I've been accepted for SQL Saturday Baton Rouge!
Yes, I am a little excited. I've wanted to become a speaker for...
2014-06-16
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Documentation: What Can We Document?
I think I'd like to do a small short series on documentation. I personally love documentation. I honestly think most...
2014-06-09
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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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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