The old INNER JOIN syntax vs. the new INNER JOIN syntax
I was in a presentation last week where the presenter was talking about the ANSI/ISO SQL standards. For the most part the...
2009-09-30
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Brian Kelley
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Midlands PASS Chapter October Meeting
Next Meeting - October 6, 2009
Speaker - SQL Server MVP Brian Kelley
Trigger Happy Database Security
In this presentation we'll look at the use...
2009-09-29
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One Step Closer to Being a Technical Trainer
Cross posted from The Goal Keeping DBA:
This is about a long term goal that I’ve had which isn’t posted on...
2009-09-27
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Trust Is Crucial in Security
Yesterday we were greeted to a ComputerWorld column talking about how Apple had betrayed the Enterprise's trust by having a...
2009-09-16
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First Meeting of the Charleston PASS Chapter
The first meeting of the Charleston PASS Chapter will take place Thursday night, September 17, starting at 6 PM. The first topic...
2009-09-15
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PASS Chapter Starting Up in Charleston, SC
Woo hoo! Charleston, SC is starting up a Professional Association for SQL Server official chapter. It is being started up...
2009-09-14
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Remember the Milk: Smart Adds
A while ago, Brent Ozar pointed me to Remember the Milk to help with task tracking. It's a web-based task...
2009-09-08
987 reads
Setting Realistic Goals & Learning to Adjust
There is a lot of advice out there about how to get more done and how to accomplish one's dreams. I...
2009-08-31
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Quick 2005/2008 Script to Export Permissions
I had a need to export permissions to be run against the database once an older version was restored (but which didn't...
2009-08-28
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PASS Board of Directors Call for Nominations
This is just a reminder that the call for nominations for the PASS Boards of Directors is open. The final...
2009-08-24
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Blogs
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Plan your 2026
By Brian Kelley
If you don't have a plan, you'll accomplish it. That's not a good thing.
Another Change
By Steve Jones
Today Redgate announced that we are partnering with Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity...
Forums
Where Your Value Separates You from Others
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Fixing the Error
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Encoding Functions
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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