UTF-8 encodes the common ASCII characters including English and numbers using 8-bits. ASCII characters (0-127) use 1 byte, code points 128 to 2047 use 2 bytes, and code points 2048 to 65535 use 3 bytes. The code points 65536 to 1114111 use 4 bytes, and represent the character range for Supplementary Characters.. GeoPITS brings you the comprehensive details of UTF-8 support's support in different versions & editions of SQL Server.
| Version | Enterprise | Standard | Web | Express (Adv.) | Express |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version v2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Version v2017 | |||||
| Version v2016 | |||||
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| Version v2012 |
UTF-8 encodes the common ASCII characters including English and numbers using 8-bits. ASCII characters (0-127) use 1 byte, code points 128 to 2047 use 2 bytes, and code points 2048 to 65535 use 3 bytes. The code points 65536 to 1114111 use 4 bytes, and represent the character range for Supplementary Characters.
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