Which “special” characters are allowed in SQL Server varchar fields?

• GOODS

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  October 15, 2013 at 4:24 am

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  Hi Guys,

  I'm trying to update CompanyName Column in a table my query is very simple:

  Update dbo.CompassAD

  SET CompanyName = 'BWTS SPECIALIZED-PPC KRAAIFONTEIN'

  WHERE CompanyName = 'BWTS SPECIALIZED û PPC KRAAIFONTEIN'

  The problem is it returns no data when I execute the query and column datatype is Varchar(350).

  Thanks

• Koen Verbeeck

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  October 15, 2013 at 4:40 am

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  Maybe you should use unicode? (the nvarchar data type)

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• MarkusB

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  October 15, 2013 at 4:58 am

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  To answer your question in the subject header, it depends on your collation. Each collation contains some special varchar characters, but they vary.

  What is the collation of your column?

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  October 15, 2013 at 5:34 am

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  October 15, 2013 at 6:42 am

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  Hi Koen Verbeeck

  It worked changed my datatype to nvachar..thanks a lot.