DECLARE @XML_VC_8 XML; DECLARE @string NVARCHAR(MAX); DECLARE @PreFix NVACHAR(MAX); SET @PreFix =\'N\' SET @XML_VC_8 = \'
removing the N variable and changing encoding to utf-16, this should get your characters
N variable
utf-16
Declare @XML_VC_8 XML; Declare @string nvarchar(max); set @XML_VC_8 = N'fdff مرحبا'; set @string=Convert(nvarchar(max),@XML_VC_8); print @string