SQl Server - cant compare with values in table field have nchar as datatype

Question

Hello all!
I am using jtds driver to connect with SQL server. My problem is i am saving arabic text into the SQL Server. The fields which contains arabic text have the datatype nchar. I can insert the values by simply placing N before the actual arabic text which i am reading from a file.
I mean insert into [table] values(N'some arabic text') works fine.
But when i try to select the values from the table and want to pass some paramerts (in arabic text) in where clause it doesnt return me anything.
e.g select * from [table] where [column(nchar type)] = N'arabic text(read from file)' return nothing. Result set is always empty.
Queryis fine as i printed the query in seperate file and run it on Query analyzer which gives me the right results.
Any suggestions?? Please i am dying conditions tell me any solutions immediately
Regards,
Alam sher

Answer 1

String url = "............";
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("charset","cp1256");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,props);now this way if i get the resultset it would return me the expected resultset:)
To compare an arabic word against the values in result set one also has to convert it into cp1256 encoding line this.
new String([arabic word].getBytes(), "cp1256");
The prolem was not to print the arabic words on console basically. No doubt on console it would print ???? as it doesnot support this encoding. Originial issu was comparing a string containig the arabic text with the values returned by the result set.
This was the solution i could figure out and its working.
Thanks anyways.
Regards,
Alam Sher