how canI do that in sql server 2005

  • I inseted unicode language(arabic) in varchar so it didn't bedisplayed will (it appears like ????????)

    to solve that I modified the type of this column to nvarchar but I still can't read the old data any idea about that pleaase

  • Delete the data from the table then reinsert it.

  • delete and reinsert 2 thousands and more record oh, are ukiding

  • ali.m.habib (1/4/2009)


    delete and reinsert 2 thousands and more record oh, are ukiding

    If you didn’t use Unicode and you also didn’t use collation that supports working with Arabic as Ascii character, then this is your only choice. Unfortunately most times when you see question marks, it means that the server didn’t what to insert, so it inserted the question marks instead (which means that you can’t modify it to show the original data that was supposed to be inserted into the table). If you see gibberish, there is a better chance to get the data without deleting it and reinserting it.

    Adi

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  • It's basically the same answer as I want to restore without a backup... you're screwed my friends. Learn and move on.

    Now would be a good time to learn to automate that insert (if possible at all).

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