Carla Wilson-484785 (12/2/2008)
AND not too long ago, there was a forum post about trailing blanks in nvarchar, and how that can be a problem in comparisons, etc. unless you use RTRIM().
Belated response:
If the ANSI_PADDING option is set ON varchar has exactly the same trailing blanks issues as nvarchar; and the ability to set it OFF will be removed from SQL Server very soon (MS advice has for years been to keep it on at all times; setting it OFF creates big problems for indexed views and for table indexes involving computed columns, amongst other little problems) so those trailing blank issues should not be a factor in deciding between nvarchar and varchar - if you use varchar to avoid the trailing blanks issue your code will stop working in a new SQL Server release sometime soon.
BTW, what on earth is this topic doing in the relational theory forum? I don't see the connection. :unsure:
Tom