Business Intelligence Roles and Team Composition
On Business Intelligence projects of all sizes, the composition of the team is a crucial element for success. What is...
2014-06-17
467 reads
SQL Server BI Blog
SSAS Performance Logger Now Available
I’ve created a simple query performance logging tool for Analysis Services, called the SSAS Performance Logger. The tool allows you...
2014-06-03
478 reads
What Does it Cost to Implement a Business Intelligence Project?
Someone recently asked me through LinkedIn how much it would cost to implement a BI project with Microsoft tools. This...
2014-05-17
984 reads
What’s Happening at the PASS Business Analytics Conference?
Watch below for live updates during the conference Stay tuned and you’ll find out what’s going on during this week...
2014-05-07
450 reads
Creating a Dynamic, Parameterized Measure in DAX
As I continue to explore the many facets of DAX functions, I’m finding more creative ways to add business value...
2014-04-20
887 reads
Images, charts, indicators and sparklines in a tablix stretch and degrade report performance
This fact is probably not documented very well but this is an important factor in SSRS visual report design… The...
2013-09-26
736 reads
Images, charts, indicators and sparklines in a tablix stretch and degrade report performance
This fact is probably not documented very well but this is an important factor in SSRS visual report design… The...
2013-09-26
368 reads
Showing a 100% Progress Gauge in Power View
What I’m going to show you is not rocket science. This one gets filed under the category of “well, duh. ...
2013-08-01
794 reads
DAX: Returning the Nth Selected Value in a Slicer
A client came to me with a challenge this week that, although simple in concept, posed an interesting challenge that...
2013-07-13
746 reads
We’ve Got The Power: “Power BI”, New Microsoft BI Suite Announced
Power BI: a new suite of Business Intelligence tools Over the past few months, teams at Microsoft have made several...
2013-07-09
723 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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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