I have a Point of Sale System which uses SQL (MSDE or SQL
2000) as the back end database. We have a client that
wants to buy a Chinese version of the Point of Sale
System...so my question is, does SQL 2000 or MSDE support
the double byte character set? Is there anything special I
need to do to accomplish this, or is there a special
version of SQL to buy?
SQL Server >> Double Byte Character Support?
Hi Ray
SQL Server supports double byte character sets ("unicode")
Types NCHAR, NVARCHAR NTEXT are unicode (double byte)
Types CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT are single byte.
There are also collations which cover language character sets & sort orders
as well.
This applies to all editions of SQL Server.
HTH
Regards,
Greg Linwood
SQL Server MVP
> I have a Point of Sale System which uses SQL (MSDE or SQL
> 2000) as the back end database. We have a client that
> wants to buy a Chinese version of the Point of Sale
> System...so my question is, does SQL 2000 or MSDE support
> the double byte character set? Is there anything special I
> need to do to accomplish this, or is there a special
> version of SQL to buy?