Not available in Cloud edition.
Type:
Scalar function
Encodes text using the specified encoding.
Return value: varbinary(max)
The text encoded as bytes.
Parameters
@Text
mandatory
nvarchar(max)
The text to encode.
@Encoding
mandatory
nvarchar(300)
The encoding to use. This can be a string such as 'us-ascii', 'utf-8' or 'iso-8859-1'. It can also specify a windows code page, such as 1252.