What collation can I use to set up Liferay with SQL Server?
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Issue
- Liferay recommends that the database should be encoded with the character set UTF-8 to display all of its supported character sets (Preparing a Database)
- Explicit UTF-8 collation within SQL Server has been introduced with SQL Server 2019 only
Resolution
- In regards to SQL Server 2017 and below, the support of UTF-8 characters comes from using their Unicode data types.
- Liferay can utilize SQL Server's Unicode data types to handle UTF-8 data.
- Liferay mainly uses the Unicode data type: NVARCHAR when SQL Server is used.
- Using SQL Server's Unicode data types should satisfy Liferay's needs, regarding UTF-8 support.
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