Sep 27, 2008 · nvarchar stores Unicode data while varchar stores single-byte character data. Other than storage differences (nvarchar requires twice the storage space as varchar), which …

Oct 6, 2008 · nchar and nvarchar can store Unicode characters. char and varchar cannot store Unicode characters. char and nchar are fixed-length which will reserve storage space for …

Mar 5, 2009 · I would recommend NVARCHAR for any column which will have user-entered data in it which is relatively unconstrained. I would recommend VARCHAR for any column which is …

Jun 21, 2017 · O NVARCHAR é um tipo multibyte para armazenar textos Unicode. Até onde eu sei só existe no SQL Server, ele não faz parte do padrão. A pergunta tem a tag de MySQL, …

Jan 11, 2014 · First of all, to clarify, nvarchar stores unicode data while varchar stores ANSI (8-bit) data. They function identically but nvarchar takes up twice as much space. Generally, I prefer …

Sep 28, 2012 · varchar(max) + nvarchar(n) won't truncate (for < 2GB) and the result will be typed as nvarchar(max). nvarchar(max) + varchar(n) will first convert the varchar(n) input to …

Mar 18, 2012 · The "n" in nvarchar/nchar allows you to store text using the unicode number set which is large enough to incorporate all characters in all languages (in principle anyway) with a …

Jan 21, 2014 · A common misconception is to think that with nchar(n) and nvarchar(n), the n defines the number of characters. However, in nchar(n) and nvarchar(n), the n defines the …

For your application, nvarchar is fine because the database size is small. Saying "always use nvarchar" is a vast oversimplification. If you're not required to store things like Kanji or other …

Nov 15, 2010 · vchar and nvarchar are similar except it is 2 bytes per character. Generally speaking you should only use char & char (over varchar & nvarchar) when working with fixed …