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Asked: 2026-05-28T11:18:12+00:00

Just like in the question, not sure what the difference between ” and N”

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Just like in the question, not sure what the difference between '' and N'' in SQL.

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    It’s shorthand for Nvarchar. Using that notation tells the parser to treat the following string data as nvarchar instead of the default varchar.

    Example:

    SELECT N'This is a test'; -- NVarChar data
SELECT 'Test is a test'; -- VarChar data
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