Difference between nchar,nvarchar,varchar

nchar and nvarchar can store Unicode characters.

char and varchar cannot store Unicode characters.

char and nchar are fixed-length which will reserve storage space for number of characters you specify even if you don't use up all that space.

varchar and nvarchar are variable-length which will only use up spaces for the characters you store. It will not reserve storage like char or nchar.

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Thank you Jobin

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