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# updateNString Method (java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
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  Updates the designated column with a **String** value using the specified column label.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
public void updateNString(java.lang.String columnLabel,  
                          java.lang.String nString)  
```  
  
#### Parameters  
 *columnLabel*  
  
 A **String** that contains the column label.  
  
 *nString*  
  
 A **String** object.  
  
## Exceptions  
 [SQLServerException](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverexception-class.md)  
  
## Remarks  
 This updateNString method is specified by the updateNString method in the java.sql.ResultSet interface.  
  
 This method passes Java **String** to selected **nchar**, **nvarchar(max)**, **ntext**, and **xml** columns. Using this method on other data type columns will throw an exception.  
  
## See Also  
 [updateNString Method (SQLServerResultSet)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/updatenstring-method-sqlserverresultset.md)   
 [SQLServerResultSet Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-members.md)   
 [SQLServerResultSet Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverresultset-class.md)