1,char[
]
Fixed-length non-Unicode character data with length of n characters.
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n must be a value from 1 through 8,000. Storage size is n bytes. The
SQL-92 synonym for char is character.
varchar[
]
Variable-length non-Unicode character data with length of n
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characters. n must be a value from 1 through 8,000. Storage size is
the actual length of the data entered, not n bytes. The data entered
can be 0 characters in length. The SQL-92 synonyms for varchar are
char varying or character varying.
nchar
Fixed-length Unicode character data of n characters. n must be a
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value from 1 through 4,000. Storage size is two times n bytes. The
SQL-92 synonyms for nchar are national char and national character.
nvarchar
Variable-length Unicode character data of n characters. n must be a
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value from 1 through 4,000. Storage size, in bytes, is two times the
number of characters entered. The data entered can be 0 characters in
length. The SQL-92 synonyms for nvarchar are national char varying
and national character varying.