Question

I want to insert a string with trademark symbol (™) to MSSQL 2008.

When I was searching the problem I found some SQL based solutions:

Trimming the symbol:

SELECT REPLACE('Microsoft™',char(153),'')

Insert only the symbol:

INSERT mytable(col1) VALUES (char(153))

Also I have read this question but I can’t find a solution.

Is there any way to insert a word with the symbol (like ‘Microsoft™’) using Linq to SQL?

I made my trials on a nvarchar column.

Edit:

This is my table:

This is my mapping at dbml:

This is my code:

var db = new DBDataContext();

Seller seller;
if(!db.GetTable<Seller>().Any(s => s.Username == username))
{
    seller = new Seller {Username = username, SellerName = name, FeedbackCount = feedback};
    db.Sellers.InsertOnSubmit(seller);
    db.SubmitChanges();
}

This is what I want to insert as an name: B♥Râ™

And This is the generated SQL:

INSERT INTO [dbo].[Sellers]([Username], [SellerName], [FeedbackCount])
VALUES (@p0, @p1, @p2)

SELECT CONVERT(Int,SCOPE_IDENTITY()) AS [value]
-- @p0: Input VarChar (Size = 8000; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [testuser]
-- @p1: Input NVarChar (Size = 4000; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [B♥Râ™]
-- @p2: Input Int (Size = -1; Prec = 0; Scale = 0) [886]
-- Context: SqlProvider(Sql2008) Model: AttributedMetaModel Build: 4.0.30319.17929

Answer 1

You should be able to just insert it. C# strings are unicode as are nvarchar columns. Have you tried simply inserting it?