Difference between the DT_STR and DT_WSTR data types in SSIS S.

No 1 DT_STR Definition: A null-terminated ANSI/MBCS character string with a maximum length of 8000 characters. (If a column value contains additional null terminators, the string will be truncated at the occurrence of the first null.) When DT_STR can be used ? When data is in ANSI code then SSIS package takes the data type as DT_STR. How DT_STR can be mapped in SQL Server ? DT_STR data type in SSIS can be mapped to Char,VarChar data types in SQL Server. DT_WSTR Definition: A null-terminated Unicode character string with a maximum length of 4000 characters. (If a column value contains additional null terminators, the string will be truncated at the occurrence of the first null.) When DT_STR can be used ? When data is in Unicode then SSIS package takes the data type as DT_WSTR. How DT_STR can be mapped in SQL Server ? DT_WSTR data type in SSIS can be mapped to nChar,nVarChar,Sql_Variant and image data types in SQL Server.

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