Column order can matter
Ordinarily, column order of a SQL statement does not matter.
Select a,b,c
from table
will produce the same execution plan as Select c,b,a
from...
2011-06-06
2,176 reads
Dave Ballantyne
Kent .Net/SqlServer User Group – Upcoming events
At the Kent user group we have two upcoming events. Both are to be held at F-Keys Training suite http://f-keys.co.uk/...
2011-06-05
643 reads
SqlHerts–26th May 2011
Thanks to those who turned out to see my presentation at SqlHerts on Thursday 26thMay. Its a true pleasure to...
2011-05-29
1,334 reads
#SqlBits and SSIS custom components
If you are in anyway interested in SQL Server and live in the UK, you cant of failed to of...
2011-04-11
706 reads
Do you know SqlServer ? Do you want an iPad ?
If you’ve answered yes to both of those questions , Jacob Sebastian has some more question for you.
Every day in March...
2011-03-12
540 reads
“Apparently, you signed a software services agreement without fully understanding it.”
I am not a lawyer. Let me say that again, I am not a lawyer.
Todays Dilbert has prompted me...
2011-02-24
807 reads
Denali Paging–Key seek lookups
In my previous post “Denali Paging – is it win.win ?” I demonstrated the use of using the Paging functionality within Denali. ...
2010-11-19
686 reads
Denali Paging–Is it win/win ?
I'm not one for automatically poo-pooing new ideas, new practices and new technology. Rather I like to take a measured...
2010-11-10
792 reads
The best things in life are free
Greg Gonzalez (blog | twitter) of SqlSentry, last night released a very cool new and free product. Plan explorer is a...
2010-10-21
2,936 reads
An impossible case
In a previous blog entry (Inconsistent NullIf behaviour), Jeff Moden and Dan Halliday(twitter) both made a very similar observation.
When executing...
2010-09-06
545 reads
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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