Home Forums Database Design Relational Theory varchar versus nvarchar RE: varchar versus nvarchar

  • December 4, 2008 at 10:18 am

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    GilaMonster (12/4/2008)[hr

    There's a difference between extended ASCII and unicode.

    True, but the support of extended (8-bit) ASCII is also governed by the collation of the database and the calling application, among other things.

    Best bet is to to be global and use Unicode. If the application is .Net, it is a no-brainer as .Net is Unicode.

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