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Well, you can't use the Latin1 collation to store persian letters.

Is your old db using this collation as well?  Then I'm surprised it ever worked.

Note: What you have shown is the collation of the database.  However, it is the collation of the actual field in the table that counts.  That is usually the same as the db collation, but it is possible to specify something else when the table is created.
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I also suspect the database collation.

When new fields are added to a table the table is rebuilt, when this is done to the tblThread I suspect that when the table is rebuilt to add the new fields that the collation of the database causes the issue.
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Thanks guys. Yes, I agree the collation must be the issue... but according to a blog post by Microsoft, SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS is the standard collation and supports many non-latin characters. At this point, and for future reference I have 2 questions:

1) In order to have UTF-8 as the collation of the db, which collation should be specified? I don't see 'UTF-8' as an option in the drop down within the DB properties
2) Should I leave it alone for now, since it's working -- or should I still make the correction on the collation?

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SQL server is not designed to use utf8. If you want to store unicode, the field must be defined as nvarchar. If the field is varchar, it depends on the code page of the collation which characters you can store. cp1256 for Persian, I think
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If it is working, for god's sake leave it. Changing collation is hell.
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Originally posted by rune rune wrote:

If it is working, for god's sake leave it. Changing collation is hell.

LOL. Copy that. 
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