THE PROGRAMMER'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGES
A brief description of some well known, and not so well known programming languages. Have you worked with any of these?
2001-11-09
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The Lighter Side
2001-10-15
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2001-10-08
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Pre-Sliced Peanut Butter
Pre-sliced peanut butter is on its way to U.S. store shelves in test markets - fact or fiction??
2001-10-02
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Telemarketing Revenge
If you are like me, you probably get lots of telemarketing calls. Here's a good one to use the next time you get called by a phone company.
2001-10-01
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The Sysadmin Price List
Implement this and I guarentee your tech support call volume will drop!!! (Or you'll soon be retiring)
2001-09-25
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Funny SQL Server Error Messages
This is the funniest error message Brian Knight has ever seen in SQL Server.
2001-09-18
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An Alternative to Windows NT
Left over from the Y2K fiasco, but a good corporate memo that might still be useful as an alternative to XP.
2001-09-10
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2001-09-04
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2001-08-20
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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