How do I determine the collation of a database in SQL 2005?

Question

例如，如果需要执行不区分大小写的搜索/替换，如何确定SQL 2005中数据库的排序规则？

Answer 1

使用以下SQL确定数据库的排序规则：

SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('{database name}', 'Collation') SQLCollation;

Answer 2

Remember, that individual columns can override the database collation:

SELECT TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME, COLLATION_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS

Answer 3

If you want to do a case-insensitive search and can't rely on the database's collation, you could always specifically request it for the query you're interested in. For instance:

SELECT TOP 1 FName, *
FROM People
WHERE FName LIKE '%mich%' COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI

I usually have the opposite problem, where I want the case sensitivity but don't have it in the database's collation, so I find myself using the Latin1_General_BIN collation quite a bit in my queries. If you don't already know, you can do:

SELECT 
FROM ::fn_helpcollations()

for a list of the available collations and descriptions of what they're for.

Answer 4

选择数据库并运行以下命令。

sp_helpsort