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Storing/Retrieving UNICODE To SQL Server2000 Using VB.NET
hi,
i m doing some window application uding VB.net, due to some reason i need to know how to store & retrieve UNICODE ,let say using UTF8 to & from SQL Server 2000. Anyone have solution for this? Thanks
i m doing some window application uding VB.net, due to some reason i need to know how to store & retrieve UNICODE ,let say using UTF8 to & from SQL Server 2000. Anyone have solution for this? Thanks
Can't you just use nvarchar and ntext fields? I don't think you need to do anything differently in VB, as long as the SQL column type supports unicode (the ones that start with "n").
TIM
TIM
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hi,
Actually i already do something about it and now i wish to know is the way i doing thing is correct.
My Objective : to store the information(especially chinese character) in SQL Server 2000 as UNICODE(using UTF8 format)
Now, i have manage to store the data inside SQL Server 2000 as something similar as below
Field Name : CustName
Data Type : nvarchar
Length : 4000
Data : n233n131n145n229n136n169n2
What i do is i take the data that user input and convert it to something like this
n233n131n145n229n136n169n2
then i store in database
when retrieve, i convert it back to the character or string that as the user input early
is this the correct way of doing it? or else?
coz i found that this way will take up alot of storing storega than usual
Actually i already do something about it and now i wish to know is the way i doing thing is correct.
My Objective : to store the information(especially chinese character) in SQL Server 2000 as UNICODE(using UTF8 format)
Now, i have manage to store the data inside SQL Server 2000 as something similar as below
Field Name : CustName
Data Type : nvarchar
Length : 4000
Data : n233n131n145n229n136n169n2
What i do is i take the data that user input and convert it to something like this
n233n131n145n229n136n169n2
then i store in database
when retrieve, i convert it back to the character or string that as the user input early
is this the correct way of doing it? or else?
coz i found that this way will take up alot of storing storega than usual
I'm curious, what happens if you just try storing the actual characters into an nvarchar field? Does it break or what happens? I was under the impression that nvarchar fields could store that kind of information without any conversion.
TIM
TIM
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i try the way u comment, but seem like the SQL Server will store the chinese character i insert in a different way, which is normally display as ???? Then when i retrieve it out, it also display as ????...
i try the way u comment, but seem like the SQL Server will store the chinese character i insert in a different way, which is normally display as ???? Then when i retrieve it out, it also display as ????...
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