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I need my SQL Server 2005 to support Chinese characters. Under the setup, I could see serveral collation :<br />
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Chinese_PRC_Stroke<br />
Chinese_PRC_90<br />
Chinese_PRC<br />
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What is the difference between the collation ? What is the difference between var and nvar ? Should I use nvar to include double bytes chars ??<br />
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Many thanks
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I need my SQL Server 2005 to support Chinese characters. Under the setup, I could see serveral collation :

Chinese_PRC_Stroke
Chinese_PRC_90
Chinese_PRC

What is the difference between the collation ? What is the difference between var and nvar ? Should I use nvar to include double bytes chars ??

Many thanks

Chinese PRC Collation

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.