NCHAR (SQL Server Compact)

Returns the Unicode character with the given integer code, as defined by the Unicode standard.

Syntax

NCHAR ( integer_expression ) 

Arguments

  • integer_expression
    A positive integer from 0 through 65535. integer_expression ** can also be of a data type that can be implicitly converted to int within the specified range. If a value outside this range is specified, NULL is returned.

Return Value

nchar(1)

Example

The following example returns the first letter of each company name listed in the Customers table.

SELECT CompanyName, NCHAR(UNICODE(CompanyName)) 
FROM Customers