Learning R: Hitting the Books
I’ve been using a series of web sites while I was starting the process of learning R. I’ve highlighted several...
2016-01-13
583 reads
The Scary DBA
“Applies To…” in the MSDN Documentation
Quick little post. I just wanted to share how happy I am with the new “THIS TOPIC APPLIES TO” infographic....
2016-01-12
435 reads
Restoring a Database in Azure
One of the many small things you don’t have to worry about any more when working with Azure SQL Database...
2016-01-18 (first published: 2016-01-11)
1,394 reads
Learning R: Hard Lessons
I’ve always found the best way to learn a new programming language is to start building stuff, solving problems, using...
2015-12-21
964 reads
Speaker of the Month: December 2015
The hardest presentations I’ve ever given in my life were not to large audiences or in big rooms. They weren’t...
2015-12-18
452 reads
Benefits from Data Lifecycle Management
I spend a lot of time talking about the need for automation within your databases, especially in support of development,...
2015-12-22 (first published: 2015-12-15)
1,746 reads
One More PASS Board Update for 2015
Remember that post I wrote about taking on SQLSaturday events as my new PASS portfolio?
Never mind.*
Instead, it seems I’ll be...
2015-12-18 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,245 reads
Promote Community
When I present at any given event, I generally assume that the people attending have heard of the event that...
2015-12-10
482 reads
PASS Board Update: First Year
This represents my 12th month on the board so I thought I would recap my time there so you know...
2015-12-09
479 reads
Learning R: Foundations
Learning a programming language is largely an act of using that language to do stuff. Done.
However, the big thing about...
2015-12-07
1,241 reads
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...
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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