High Availability Lingo
You have got to love the way the SQL Server team change the lingo in all of their high availability...
2012-08-13
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SQL Server 365
Cost Savings and Backup Compression
Let me set the scene, one of our internal IT SQL Servers which stores a whole host of performance metrics...
2012-08-08
1,837 reads
Database Tables
Today I was asked for "a list of all tables in all databases" on a particular instance of SQL Server. ...
2012-06-13
874 reads
Rebuilding System Databases
Today’s post is something I thought I would share as there is an awful lot of incorrect commands I have...
2012-04-02
810 reads
Why I don’t like maintenance plans
If you create a maintenance plan (SQL 9.0.3042) to backup databases and select All databases as below;
Then at some point...
2012-03-16
893 reads
How Resilient Is Your Recovery Plan?
In this modern age of technology DBA’s face an ever increasing demand from businesses; our databases must perform, be secure,...
2012-03-14
609 reads
A Script A Day Finished!
Well that's it, my "A Script A Day" series is finished. I hope you found the scripts I provided useful, I've used...
2012-03-03
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A Script A Day - Day 29 - The Importance of Being Idle
Today’s script is also one I used in my migration on Wednesday. It again uses string manipulation to generate a...
2012-03-02
520 reads
A Script A Day - Day 28 - String Manipulation
Today’s script is one that I used earlier this week. On Thursday I migrated a server from SQL Server 200...
2012-03-02
523 reads
A Script A Day - Day 27 - Missing Database Backups
Today’s script is one I have used many times in the past to check for missing backups. The script will...
2012-02-29
3,479 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
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With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
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Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
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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