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char, nchar, varchar and nvarchar

char[(n)]

Fixed-length non-Unicode character data with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 8,000. Storage size is n bytes.

nchar[(n)]

Fixed-length Unicode character data with length of n characters. n must be a value from 1 through 4,000. Storage size is two times n bytes.

varchar[(n)]

Variable-length non-Unicode character data with length of n 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.

nvarchar[(n)]

Variable-length Unicode character data with length of n characters. n must be a 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.

Remarks

When n is not specified in a data definition, the default length is 1.


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