RE: Sql Server 2000 - Special characters - High Priority

Lowell

SSC Guru

Points: 323504

March 21, 2012 at 2:42 pm

#1462429

all the code inserting the data has to use the same datatype : NVARCHAR or NCHAR.

code as simple looking as

try this code example out and see what happens if you mix varchar and nvarchar implicit conversion into the mix:

declare @var varchar(10),

@nvar nvarchar(10)

SELECT @var = '??/??' ,@nvar = '??/??'

SELECT @var,@nvar

SELECT @var = N'??/??' ,@nvar = N'??/??'

SELECT @var,@nvar

Lowell

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