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The COLLATE is a column collation casting keyword which is operation generally known as collate SQL. COLLATE can also be used with the column name and input character string. A common use of the query level collation (collate SQL) is to compare case-sensitive strings.

The SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation is a SQL collation and the rules around sorting data for unicode and non-unicode data are different. The Windows collation can use an index while comparing unicode and non-unicode, such as nvarchar to varchar, with a slight performance cost.

A collation is a configuration setting that determines how the database engine should treat character data at the server, database, or column level.For example, European languages require only a single-byte character set, which supports up to 256 bit patterns.

COLLATE is a clause applied to character string expression or column for textual data types such as char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, and ntext to cast the string or column collation into a specified collation.

In Microsoft SQL Server, the collation can be set at the column level. When you compare (or concatenate) two columns having different collation in a query, this error occurs: Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and "French_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.

Collations in SQL Server provide sorting rules, case, and accent sensitivity properties for your data. Collations that are used with character data types, such as char and varchar, dictate the code page and corresponding characters that can be represented for that data type.

AS = accent-sensitive or AI = accent-insensitive. KS = Kana type-sensitive or missing = Kana type-insensitive. WS = width-sensitive or missing = width insensitive. VSS = variation selector sensitive (only available in the version 140 collations) or missing = variation selector insensitive.