title: Storing some special characters in SQL Server tables
body: <p>I have the following query:</p>
  
  <pre><code>update Qtable 
  set Q1 = ' If the alternative 
              hypothesis is as  Ha : µ ≠µ0   ;
  where QID = '856'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>Q1</code> is of datatype <code>nvarchar(max)</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Now that I update in the database and see that instead of  <code>Ha : µ ≠µ0</code>, I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>Ha : µ ?µ0 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Not sure why the update statement replaces  ≠ with ? I understand its a special character but what settings should be applied to preserve the value?</p>