2. And that's perfect when I do query or update records through ASP.
3. My vb prog. is running in clients chinese win98. I find I can't read or update any chinese words from sql server when I use any tools like, enterprise manager, query analyizer, and most important, my vb prog.
4. that's why I ask what's actually in the db store in nvarchar type & varchar type corresponingly and how can I make my vb application can display/update records properly.
5. And the further is that I got "OS does not support codepage950" when try to install it in a eng. NT server 4, but I can do it well in windows 2000....(but my boss let me do it of course). What's the reason?