在SQL Server 2008中存储其他语言并取回

Question

I am using an Excel sheet to upload my records into a database. Some columns in the Excel sheet are not in English language. How can I read and store the other language into the database?

I can perfectly read and store English in database. I searched google for some options. I tried the following code to convert it to UTF8 and store in database. I database I am using nvarchar(MAX) .

byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(dsExcel.Tables[0].Rows[i][7].ToString());
string myString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

When it gets stored in database I can see only ?????????? in the column. If I take input from a textbox and store then I don't have any problem.

Please help - what can be done?

I want to store and retrieve the same language string from the database.

Answer 1

Your problem is probably the UTF8 encoding you are using. You need to use Unicode.

But it seems unnecessary to use the Encoding type: why not just get the string from the DataTable row? By default the CLR treats strings as unicode.

string myString = dsExcel.Tables[0].Rows[i][7].ToString();