How to solve “unable to switch the encoding” error when inserting XML into SQL Server

Question

I\'m trying to insert into XML column (SQL SERVER 2008 R2), but the server\'s complaining:

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904):
XML

Answer 1

A string is always UTF-16 in .NET, so as long as you stay inside your managed app you don't have to care about which encoding it is.

The problem is more likely where you talk to the SQL server. Your question doesn't show that code so it's hard to pin point the exact error. My suggestion is you check if there's a property or attribute you can set on that code that specifies the encoding of the data sent to the server.