>>>I am sure this question has been asked many times. Sorry for repeating it.
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>>>Do you use nchar types in your database if your application is only used in the English speaking world?
>>>
>>>TIA
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>>If you're sure you don't need to store unicode data, then char (or varchar) will be good enough.
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>Thank you. I can't really think of any unicode data that the customer would want to store in the field. I just want to be sure that I won't have to deal with the conversion to nchar.

Not that I can think of. As long as you're only using basic English alphabet in all your character data, you're good without a need for unicode.