diff --git a/src/languages/transactsql/transactsql.functions.ts b/src/languages/transactsql/transactsql.functions.ts
index 326a2cb995..41078a7293 100644
--- a/src/languages/transactsql/transactsql.functions.ts
+++ b/src/languages/transactsql/transactsql.functions.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ export const functions: string[] = [
 
   // string
   'ASCII',
-  'CHAR',
   'CHARINDEX',
   'CONCAT',
   'CONCAT_WS',
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ export const functions: string[] = [
   'LEN',
   'LOWER',
   'LTRIM',
-  'NCHAR',
   'PATINDEX',
   'QUOTENAME',
   'REPLACE',
diff --git a/test/transactsql.test.ts b/test/transactsql.test.ts
index 655a88f106..0fe818a84f 100644
--- a/test/transactsql.test.ts
+++ b/test/transactsql.test.ts
@@ -190,4 +190,11 @@ describe('TransactSqlFormatter', () => {
       GOTO InfiniLoop;
     `);
   });
+
+  // Issue #811
+  it('does not detect CHAR() as function', () => {
+    expect(format(`CREATE TABLE foo (name char(65));`, { functionCase: 'upper' })).toBe(dedent`
+      CREATE TABLE foo (name char(65));
+    `);
+  });
 });