My PASS Summit Submissions
Following Andy Leonard's (blog | twitter) footsteps, here are my PASS Summit submissions. I decided to go a little different this...
2011-05-05
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Outlook Productivity Tricks
I have a love/hate relationship with Outlook. It's the required email client at work and because it interfaces with so...
2011-05-05
2,102 reads
Writing Better Emails
In January 2009, I made the transition back to being a senior DBA. One of the first things my manager...
2011-05-04
2,928 reads
How often do you check email?
If you read the experts, most folks check their emails too many times during the day. Today, while giving a...
2011-05-03
793 reads
Love What You Do
I've been dealing with illness the last few weeks, probably due to the rather heavy pollen season here in South...
2011-04-29
1,541 reads
SQL University: Who has access to my SQL Server?
Welcome to PowerShell Week #2 for SQL University! One of the frequent questions I hear is, "Who has access to...
2011-04-26
2,787 reads
If a web page asks you to update Adobe Flash Player
You don't want to do so from that web page. Instead you want to go to the Adobe web site...
2011-04-22
1,120 reads
Why having two accounts is a good thing
Today on Twitter a friend of mine posted that the AV on his SQL Server flagged two trojans that were...
2011-04-22
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Evaluating my SQL Connection Scores
This evening I received my SQL Connection scores for the following presentations:
Windows Internals for DB ProsFrom the Ramparts: Knowing What...
2011-04-20
1,475 reads
Cain does LSA Secrets dump on Vista and higher now
Since going back to being a senior DBA, I've not stayed on top of the latest tools like I did...
2011-04-19
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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