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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.

You cannot change the collation of a column that is currently referenced by any one of the following: A computed column. An index. Distribution statistics, either generated automatically or by the CREATE STATISTICS statement.

If you create a temporary table, the columns in the temporary table get the default collation of tempdb (which is also the default collation of master and model). However, you can use DATABASEDEFAULT to force the collation to match the default collation of the current database.

A collation in MySQL is a set of rules used to compare the characters in a specific character set. It is a sequence of orders to any particular set. MySQL supports various character sets, and each character set always uses one or more collation, at least one default collation.

You can change the collation of any new objects that are created in a user database by using the COLLATE clause of the ALTER DATABASE statement. This statement does not change the collation of the columns in any existing user-defined tables. These can be changed by using the COLLATE clause of ALTER TABLE.

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.

You can go into Tools-> Options. Under SQL Server Object Explorer -> Scripting, there is an option to show collation when scripting out a table. You can turn this on temporarily and script out a table to see table creation code including column collations.