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AdventureWorksLT since 2016 have wrong unicode characters in ProductDescription table

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Description

As mentioned in the title - starting from the AdventureWorksLT 2016 backup there are wrong characters / wrong decoding in the Description column in the ProductDescription table. You may observe them starting from the ProductDescriptionID = 1360 and higher.

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Research direction

Start by inspecting the AdventureWorksLT 2016 backup and the ProductDescription table, focusing on the Description column from ProductDescriptionID 1360 onward. Compare the affected values with the intended text and verify that the corrected backup no longer contains wrongly decoded Unicode characters.

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Assessment

Tech stack
sql
Domain
databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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