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atulkukreja
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 Posted - 2009-09-05 : 12:55:38
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| What is the meaning / purpose of N' in "if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo][tablename].......Thanks. |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2009-09-05 : 12:57:06
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It declares to treat the following string as NVARCHAR instead of VARCHAR.
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atulkukreja
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Posted - 2009-09-05 : 20:09:34
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| Thanks for responding.So it is really not needed for checking for the existence of a table, right?scptech |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2009-09-06 : 08:37:13
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That depends on used charset and I would say don't bother about that.
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Meaning of N' in "object_id(N'[dbo].[xxxxx]