what the different between nvarchar and varchar?

Discussion in 'Databases' started by wacamoi, Jan 2, 2009.

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    I am confused,

    when to use nvarchar and varchar?

    can someone explain?


    Thanks
     
    wacamoi, Jan 2, 2009 IP
  2. sampathsl

    sampathsl Guest

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    nchar is a unicode character but char is belong to a server dependent character set, so nchar or nvarchar supports multiple language characters. Hope this helps you.
     
    sampathsl, Jan 2, 2009 IP
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    Thanks Sampathsl,

    The info does help very much.

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    Regards,
     
    wacamoi, Jan 3, 2009 IP