title: How to insert Arabic characters into SQL database?
body: <p>How can I insert Arabic characters into a SQL Server database? I tried to insert Arabic data into a table and the Arabic characters in the insert script were inserted as <code>'??????'</code> in the table.</p>
  <p>I tried to directly paste the data into the table through SQL Server Management Studio and the Arabic characters was successfully and accurately inserted.</p>
  <p>I looked around for resolutions for this problems and some threads suggested changing the datatype to <code>nvarchar</code> instead of <code>varchar</code>. I tried this as well but without any luck.</p>
  <p>How can we insert Arabic characters into SQL Server database?</p>