SQL Server – Columnstore Index creation error: A columnstore index cannot be created on a SPARSE column
Hi friends, as we know that in SQL Server 2012 a new feature Columnstore index was introduced which made a...
2015-10-23
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Kapil Singh
SQL Server – Various methods to generate unique number sequence
Hi all, Friends, most of the time we used ranking function like ROW_NUMBER() when it required to generate unique number...
2015-09-28
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SQL Server – Methods to find running totals of a column
HI friends, in some working scenario or during interviews we got the task to find the running totals of a...
2015-09-14
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SQL Server – Using Window ranking function with UPDATE statement
Hi friends, I was working on a scenario in which I need to assign a unique values to a column....
2015-09-08
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SQL Server – Sparse Column Property using SELECT INTO
Hi friends, in our day to day work we used SELECT…INTO clause to create replica of a table for different...
2015-08-03
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2015-07-30
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SQL Server 2016 Blogs
Hi friends, As you all know that SQL Server CTP2 has released with new great features. Here is the list of...
2015-07-26
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Change in sys.dm_exec_query_stats in SQL Server 2016
Sys.dm_exec_query_stats is most commonly used DMO used by DBA and developers to find out the information about queries involving query...
2015-07-25
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Changes in In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016
In SQL Server 2014 a new feature In-Memory OLTP was introduced which was referred as ‘Hekaton’. This feature was introduced...
2015-07-23
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Introduction To Temporal Tables In SQL Server 2016
Hi friends, today I will get you introduced with another new feature of SQL Server 2016 i.e. Temporal Tables. SQL...
2015-07-23 (first published: 2015-07-20)
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
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With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
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Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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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