Nov 18, 2025 · Starting with SQL Server 2012 (11.x), when using Supplementary Character (SC) enabled collations, UNICODE returns a UTF-16 codepoint in the range 000000 through 10FFFF. For …

Nov 18, 2025 · UNISTR provides support for Unicode string literals by letting you specify the Unicode encoding value of characters in the string. UNISTR returns the Unicode characters corresponding to …

Nov 18, 2025 · SQL Server provides support for GB18030-encoded characters by recognizing them when they enter the server from a client-side application and converting and storing them natively as …

Nov 18, 2025 · The following example uses the SUBSTRING, UNICODE, CONVERT, and NCHAR functions to print the character number, the Unicode character, and the UNICODE value of each …

The Unicode character data format allows data to be exported from a SQL Server instance by using a code page that differs from the code page used by the client.

Nov 18, 2025 · Character data types that are either fixed-size, nchar, or variable-size, nvarchar. In SQL Server 2012 (11.x) and later versions, when a Supplementary Character (SC) enabled collation is …

Apr 26, 2023 · It does not inherently support Unicode characters or emojis. However, you can still store Unicode characters and emojis in a SQL Server database by using the appropriate data types, such …

When you bulk transfer data between instances of SQL Server and the data file contains Unicode character data but not any extended or DBCS characters, use the Unicode character format.

Starting with SQL Server 2019 (15.x), consider using a UTF-8 enabled collation to support Unicode and minimize character conversion issues. If using a previous version of the SQL Server Database …

Jun 15, 2022 · In order to execute the stored procedure directly on SQL Server Management Studio, you will need to append a character 'N' before the parameter value to handle unicode characters.