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Blog post thumbnail: Why Does Copy-Pasting from HWP Cause '?' in MSSQL — VARCHAR vs NVARCHAR Explained - Special characters from HWP turning into '?' in MSSQL? Learn why VARCHAR breaks on Korean documents, how code pages work, and how to fix it with NVARCHAR and the N prefix. (https://www.codeslog.com/en/posts/mssql-varchar-nvarchar-unicode/)

Why Does Copy-Pasting from HWP Cause '?' in MSSQL — VARCHAR vs NVARCHAR Explained

Sound Familiar? 3 PM. Your phone rings, right on schedule. “I posted an announcement on the website, but the text looks weird. There are question marks everywhere.” The person on the other end insists they “just typed it normally, nothing special.” But if you’ve dealt with Korean systems long enough, you already know where this is going. A few more questions confirm it: they copied and pasted from an HWP document directly into the web editor. It looked fine in the preview. But after saving, this is what appeared on screen: ...

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