How to insert rupee symbol in sql server

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Hi all

Please tell me the query to insert current rupee symbol in sql server.
I have to display all the currency symbols in a combo box.

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INSERT INTO dbo.currency (country,currency,code,symbol) VALUES ('India','Rupees','INR',NCHAR(8425));

I tried the above but it's not showing the output.

Thank you

Posted 1-Nov-13 20:23pm

Snehasish00

Updated 25-Feb-17 4:56am

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aboubkr90 2-Nov-13 6:46am

Try "edit top 200 rows" on table currency to see if it IS there (it might be the query, UI or something else)

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-11-02T01:05:00

As Rupee is a unicode symbol, you need to use a font that is having this glyph in it. As I see, it is not supported by default in Window, you have to apply a patch: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496898[^]. But this is not enough, you have to change the font of the grid result in SQL Server Management Studio and choose a proper font (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189708.aspx[^]). To check if the symbol glyph is available or not, start charmap.exe and search for the code 20B9 (see: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/using-special-characters-character-map-frequently-asked-questions[^])

Update:
1) Use "Tahoma" font. After the update it is for sure supporting the symbol.
2) The code you have used seems not to be the INR symbol unicode code. It should be 8377 (this decimal value is equivalent with hex 20B9). If you run following statements, you should see for yourself:

SQL

select UNICODE(N'₹'), NCHAR(8377)

phil.o · Answer 2 · 2013-11-02T00:52:00

Solution 2

See here:
how to insert unicode text to SQL Server from query window[^]

Which would lead to:

SQL

INSERT INTO dbo.currency (country, currency,code, symbol) VALUES ('India', 'Rupees', 'INR', N'₨');

Note: the text column has to be of type nvarchar or nchar.

Posted 2-Nov-13 0:52am

phil.o

Member 12003880 · Answer 3 · 2017-02-25T04:56:00

Just to add to the Solution #3 mentioned by Zoltan Zargo

In most cases, SQL Server Script files are set to the "Western European (Windows) - Codepage 1252" encoding. Hence, the INR rupee symbol does not often appear correctly. The default font chosen in the Script Editor might allow the display of the character, but while saving the script file, SSMS will indicate the anomaly.

Hence, without altering the encoding, you could simply adopt the NCHAR function. For example (extending upon what has already been pointed out earlier in the thread), shows the various ways how this could be achieved:

SQL

select UNICODE(N'₹'), NCHAR(8377), 'INR ' + NCHAR(8377)

Hope this helps.

How to insert rupee symbol in sql server

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