v.20.5New Feature
Add NCHAR and NVARCHAR Synonyms for Data Types
AddNCHARandNVARCHARsynonims for data types. #11025 (alexey-milovidov).
Why it matters
To improve compatibility and ease migration from other database systems that useNCHAR and NVARCHAR data types, allowing users to utilize familiar type names without changing their schema definitions.How to use it
Users can now declare columns usingNCHAR and NVARCHAR data types in their table definitions just like existing string types. No additional configuration is required.