Changing Linked Server Passwords
How to article on changing passwords for linked servers via TSQL and SSMS.
The New SQL Server 2016 Edition Limits
There are some changes to memory limits in SQL Server 2016 SP1 Standard Edition.
Importance of Performing DBCC CHECKDB on all SQL Server Databases
The SQL Server model database is one of the core system databases, but it seem to get less attention in terms of importance. This post from Simon Liew will demonstrate the havoc the model database can cause when database integrity checks exclude the model database and corruption goes undetected.
Azure DWH part 2: Get Started with Azure Data Warehouse
In this article, we will learn how to use Visual Studio to query Azure SQL Data Warehouse tables and how to create a new table.
The War Room
When things go wrong, how do you handle them? Steve Jones comments on crisis management using a great example from Amazon.
Columnstore Indexes and Computed Columns in SQL Server 2016
You can’t do everything with a columnstore index — but SQL Server’s optimizer can get pretty creative so it can use a columnstore index in ways you might not expect. Kendra Little explains.
Something I learned while unemployed
Being unemployed is difficult. Here's something I learned to help me through it.
Automating the Setup of the Local Developer Machine
On both Windows and Linux, the chore of setting up a development workstation can take several days, and there always seem to be a few configuration settings that get missed. You can reduce the time and tedium dramatically by automating the process by using Vagrant to set up the operating system, followed by your choice of provisioning, configuration management and orchestration applications such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, Docker, Chocolatey and Boxstarter. Vishwas shows how to make it easy to do with Vagrant, Chocolatey and Boxstarter.
Join Two CSV Files with a Common Column
In this example we will join two CSV files with a common column using SQL Server.
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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