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sql server programming : I give up! Where is the definition of " N'... "


Larry Woods
6/7/2004 10:31:36 PM
I can't find the definition of the use of N'.....' in SP's anywhere in the
BOL. Obviously I don't know what "N" is called.

TIA,

Larry Woods

Larry Woods
6/8/2004 4:18:00 AM
Thanks to both of you for the answer. NOW, I remember where I saw that
designation!

( I dug through 3 books on SP design and NONE of the three talked about
this!)

Larry

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John Gilson
6/8/2004 5:35:51 AM
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The letter N precedes, and is used to designate, Unicode strings.
The N prefix stands for National Language in Standard SQL.
See "Using Unicode Data" in BOL.

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JAG

Dinesh T.K
6/8/2004 11:10:11 AM
Larry,

'INF: Unicode String Constants in SQL Server Require N Prefix'
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239530

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