What is Collation?

By Shalini Juneja in SQL Server on Apr 04 2011

Apr, 2011 5
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
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Apr, 2011 4
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.
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SQL Server Collation