Masking Data
As DBAs we go to great lengths to ensure the security of our production data. But what happens when it moves off of a production server?
Masking Data
As DBAs we go to great lengths to ensure the security of our production data. But what happens when it moves off of a production server?
The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 8
This is the eighth article in a continuing series, and this installment discusses the Data Steward Coordinator.
Backing Up a Database with SMO
In SQL Server 2005, the management object framework changed substantially from the DMO framework in prior verisons. Now we have SMO, RMO, and other .NET assemblies that can be used to manage SQL Server. New author Brandie Tarvin brings us a short look at how SMO can be used to perform one of those critical tasks in SQL Server.
Simple Method for Importing Ragged files
This article explains how to import text files using SSIS in those cases where the text files have different formatted data on different rows. The solution recommended involves minimal coding and is highly maintainable.
Terry-bites
A new technology could be a boon for database servers, dramatically increasing the amount of memory available for SQL Server.
Dreams of the Future
Steve Jones looks ahead to an interesting trip for the future of a couple of technical geeks.
Dreams of the Future
Steve Jones looks ahead to an interesting trip for the future of a couple of technical geeks.
Dreams of the Future
Steve Jones looks ahead to an interesting trip for the future of a couple of technical geeks.
How Much Training Data Is Enough?
This tip shows you how you can apply the cross-validation feature in the upcoming SQL Server 2008 release to estimate if the training set size is sufficient for a given model.
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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