Since I've managed to resolve this problem, I'm just answering my own forum question in the event that somebody else is perplexed by similar SQL Server mysteries that have no...

Well it's my post but I'm replying to myself in case anyone else needs to know how to duplicate.

Basically, all you need to do is establish a connection to the...

No, it is only UCS-2 compatible. MSS 2005 has some UTF-16 features for collation and data manipulation but still only formally endorsed USC-2. If you want to load...