The use of Unicode character format for all character data prevents loss of any extended characters during bulk transfer of data between servers using different code pages. A data file in Unicode ...

description: SQL Server uses the Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode algorithm to compress Unicode values that are stored in row or page compressed objects.

Differences between VARCHAR in SQL Server and PostgreSQL In SQL Server, string types are divided into VARCHAR (non-Unicode) and NVARCHAR (Unicode), reflecting historical legacy issues. In the early ...

In relational databases, VARCHAR is one of the most commonly used string data types for storing variable-length character data. For users who are unfamiliar, the differences in VARCHAR across ...

OK. So, I inherited an ASP 3.0 web app that I just recently realized has a character encoding problem. Long story short, the data that users are submitting has started to become riddled with ...