SQL Server Error Msg 4189 – Cannot convert to text/ntext or collate to ‘%.*ls’ because these legacy LOB types do not support UTF-8 or UTF-16 encodings. Use types varchar(max), nvarchar(max) or a collation which does not have the _SC or _UTF8 flags.

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “4189 – Cannot convert to text/ntext or collate to ‘%.*ls’ because these legacy LOB types do not support UTF-8 or UTF-16 encodings. Use types varchar(max), nvarchar(max) or a collation which does not have the _SC or _UTF8 flags.” in Microsoft SQL Server, the reason why it appears and the solution to fix it.

SQL Server Error Message

4189 – Cannot convert to text/ntext or collate to ‘%.*ls’ because these legacy LOB types do not support UTF-8 or UTF-16 encodings. Use types varchar(max), nvarchar(max) or a collation which does not have the _SC or _UTF8 flags.

Reason for the Error

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Solution

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