Comments on: SQL SERVER – 2005 Collation Explanation and Translation – Part 2 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/07/14/sql-server-2005-collation-explanation-and-translation-part-2/ Personal Notes of Pinal Dave Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:22:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gangadhar http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/07/14/sql-server-2005-collation-explanation-and-translation-part-2/#comment-59253 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:52:48 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/07/14/sql-server-2005-collation-explanation-and-translation-part-2/#comment-59253 Very Good article..

]]> By: Hema http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/07/14/sql-server-2005-collation-explanation-and-translation-part-2/#comment-53861 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:22:51 +0000 http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/07/14/sql-server-2005-collation-explanation-and-translation-part-2/#comment-53861 Hi,

When a user enters arabic name and password in a webapp I am supposed to retrieve data for that user. In java I am using utf-8 encoding I am supposed to retrieve data in the form of arabic text from the database it return as ????. The database I am using is sql server 2005 and the column is set as varchar Is there any way to convert the ???? text retrieved from database into arabic text without making any DBchanges like nvarchar. Can anyone help on this.

Thanks in advance
Hema..

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