Policy Based Management and Powershell
Introduction
Policy Based Management (PBM) can be used to inform DBAs when an incorrect setting is being used on a SQL...
2017-10-04 (first published: 2017-09-26)
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Datawarehouse: SQL Server and Stories
TempDB Multiple Datafiles
Problem
Most DBAs are aware that (prior to SQL 2016) one of the most common, post installation changes that needs to...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-14)
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SQL Agent Permissions
Problem
I was contacted by a user asking if it was possible for his team to be able to execute specific...
2016-12-21
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Linked Server Security
Problem
When creating Linked Servers, security often gets overlooked. This can lead to accounts on one instance having access, sometimes with...
2016-11-11
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Restore through FULL backup
Problem
A common misconception that i've heard a few times around backups is that a FULL backup invalidates previous TRANSACTION LOG...
2016-10-04
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Using Logins and Certificates to evelate Permissions
Problem
A common question I get asked by SQL developers is to be able to query the sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats table to see...
2016-09-16
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Tempdb monitoring - Free space alert
SQL Server uses tempdb for many features, including row versioning, service broker and query execution amongst others. During the execution...
2016-07-07
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Recertifying SQL Server 2012 MCSE with Microsoft Virtual Academy
Do people still get certified? I don’t hear much about it in the SQL community these days so I asked...
2016-02-04
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TDE and Availability Groups
Caution must be exercised when mixing Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Availability Groups to ensure databases don't end up in...
2015-10-07
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Backup Database
One of the most important processes for a DBA is backing up and restoring a database. In its simplest form,...
2015-10-07
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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...
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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