ÿþDECLARE @nstring nchar(8)

SET @nstring = N'`O}Y'

SELECT UNICODE(SUBSTRING(@nstring, 2, 1)), 

NCHAR(UNICODE(SUBSTRING(@nstring, 2, 1)))



/*

Result is:

	----------- ---- 

	22909       }Y



	(1 row(s) affected)



Where 22909 = 0x597D, which is in fact the code of the string's 2nd character: "}Y" (hao3).

*/