Use Wide Character Types
- Last Updated: October 3, 2020
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Use Wide Character Types
Attribute
UseWideCharacterTypes (UWCT)
Purpose
A value that determines whether character data types are described to the application as SQL_CHAR or SQL_WCHAR when connected to a Unicode database.
Valid Values
0 | 1
Behavior
If set to 0 (Disabled), character data types are described to the application as SQL_CHAR.
If set to 1 (Enabled), character data types are described to the application as SQL_WCHAR.
Default
0 (Disabled)