How to Fix “Procedure expects parameter ‘@statement’ of type ‘ntext/nchar/nvarchar’.” Error in SQL Server

It’s quite easy to encounter error Msg 214, Level 16 when executing stored procedures such as sp_executesql or sp_describe_first_result_set.

Fortunately it’s easy to fix too!

The most common reason for getting this error is that you forgot to prefix your string with N.

Therefore, to fix this issue, try prefixing your string with N.

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MongoDB $cond

In MongoDB, the $cond aggregation pipeline operator evaluates a boolean expression, and returns one of the two specified return expressions, depending on whether the boolean expression is true or false.

The $cond operator accepts two syntaxes: a longhand syntax and a shorthand syntax. Examples of each are below.

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