2020-07-24
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The Lighter Side
2020-02-21
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Unreliable Data Sensors
Steve doesn't like the idea of cars using data from cameras to update a display instead of a mirror.
2019-09-30
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NASA officially orders its first segment of a lunar space station
"This time when we go to the Moon, we're actually ...
2019-05-23
2019-05-10
Pop Quiz: SQL 2000 Bug or SQL 2017 Bug?
Brent Ozar asks if you can tell if each of these SQL Server bugs is brand-new, or almost 20 years old.
2019-05-03
Massachusetts offshore wind project gets green light at roughly 8.9 cents/kWh
The Vineyard Wind project will also commit $15 million to battery development.
2019-04-24
These are the best new vehicles of the 2019 New York International Auto Show
American auto shows are in decline, but we still found a few things to excite.
2019-04-22
The Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo—to hybrid or not to hybrid?
The Panamera Turbo comes in two flavors, and the more powerful one is a hybrid.
2019-04-11
T-SQL Tuesday #113: A year of marriage and boardgames
This week’s T-SQL Tuesday is about where you use databases in your personal life. And I have a database I don’t use any more that’s a little happy and...
2019-04-09
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