Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:54 am
Define your column as NVarchar(10) or use an unbounded Varchar. The length for VarChar specifies maximum number of bytes. The length of NVarchar specifies maximum number of characters. UTF-8 characterset has variable-length characters... so 10 characters can exceed 10 bytes.
I prefer unbounded Varchar for UTF-8 when most characters are a single byte. I prefer NVarchar when most characters are multi-byte.
Mike
I prefer unbounded Varchar for UTF-8 when most characters are a single byte. I prefer NVarchar when most characters are multi-byte.
Mike