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Common collation names either end in BIN or CIAS such as Latin1GeneralBIN or SQLLatin1GeneralCIAS. The BIN means that this is a binary sort order where strings will be sorted using a computer binary order, the result is that A-Z are before a-z and things like accented characters will be at the end.

You can use the COLLATE clause to apply a character expression to a certain collation. Character literals and variables are assigned the default collation of the current database. Column references are assigned the definition collation of the column.

To view the collation setting of a database In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the Database Engine and on the toolbar, click New Query. In the query window, enter the following statement that uses the sys. databases system catalog view. SELECT name, collationname FROM sys.

However here are the settings we typically recommend: Set the default collation to SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS. Ensure that you have SQL Server running in Case Insensitive mode. We use NCHAR, NVARCHAR string types so all data is unicode, so no character set is specified.

Default server-level collation is SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS.

MSDN states COLLATE DATABASEDEFAULT clause casts the collation of an expression, column definition, or database definition to inherit the collation of the "current database". To complement MSDN, the "current database" is the context of the database where the query is executed.

Default server-level collation is SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS.

Collation is a set of rules that tell database engine how to compare and sort the character data in SQL Server. Collation can be set at different levels in SQL Server.

For LIKE queries, the Latin1GeneralCSAS collation is not case-sensitive. According to a bug report to Microsoft, this was listed as "By Design". However, the Latin1GeneralBin collation is also case-sensitive and works exactly as expected for LIKE queries.

The SQLLatin1GeneralCP1CIAS collation is a SQL collation and the rules around sorting data for unicode and non-unicode data are different. The Latin1GeneralCIAS collation is a Windows collation and the rules around sorting unicode and non-unicode data are the same.