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Shouldn't be a problem if you make the destination table first, using the nchar or nvarchar datatypes. This stores unicode (UCS-2). Then just use DTS normally. No collation specifications are necessary for storing Chinese characters in a unicode column, but you might want to consider specifying a Chinese collation for the column when you create the table (simplified or traditional) if you're going to order output based on it.<br />

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Shouldn't be a problem if you make the destination table first, using the nchar or nvarchar datatypes. This stores unicode (UCS-2). Then just use DTS normally. No collation specifications are necessary for storing Chinese characters in a unicode column, but you might want to consider specifying a Chinese collation for the column when you create the table (simplified or traditional) if you're going to order output based on it.


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I have done all that. If I use the Enterprise Manager installed on a Chinese XP and import the file manually without going thru DTS then it works fine. It is when I import from an English OS does it import garbage.
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I have done all that. If I use the Enterprise Manager installed on a Chinese XP and import the file manually without going thru DTS then it works fine. It is when I import from an English OS does it import garbage.

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Problem solved by chaning the windows locale. Thank you
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Problem solved by chaning the windows locale. Thank you

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I am trying to import data from a text file to a SQL2000 table as utf-8 formate. The data in the text file is in Chinese and not in utf-8 format. This will need to be done with a Scheduled DTS. 
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I am trying to import data from a text file to a SQL2000 table as utf-8 formate. The data in the text file is in Chinese and not in utf-8 format. This will need to be done with a Scheduled DTS. 

Convert Data in a txt file to utf-8 format

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