SQL Server Collation

A collation encodes the rules governing the proper use of characters for either a language, such as Greek or Polish, or an alphabet, such as Latin1_General (the Latin alphabet used by western European languages). To read more follow the below link.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174903%28v=sql.80%29.aspx

Rohatash Kumar

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Collation refers to a set of rules that determine how data is sorted and compared. Character data is sorted using rules that define the correct character sequence, with options for specifying case sensitivity, accent marks, kana character types and character width.

Shalini Juneja

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