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Windows Collation Name (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

Specifies the Windows collation name in the COLLATE clause in SQL Server 2012. The Windows collation name is composed of the collation designator and the comparison styles.

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Syntax


          

<Windows_collation_name> :: = 
     CollationDesignator_<ComparisonStyle>
<ComparisonStyle> :: = 
    { CaseSensitivity_AccentSensitivity
        [ _KanatypeSensitive ] [ _WidthSensitive ]  }
  | { _BIN | _BIN2 }

Arguments

CollationDesignator

Specifies the base collation rules used by the Windows collation. The base collation rules cover the following:

The sorting rules that are applied when dictionary sorting is specified. Sorting rules are based on alphabet or language.
The code page used to store non-Unicode character data.

Some examples are:

Latin1_General or French: both use code page 1252.
Turkish: uses code page 1254.

CaseSensitivity

CI specifies case-insensitive, CS specifies case-sensitive.

AccentSensitivity

AI specifies accent-insensitive, AS specifies accent-sensitive.

KanatypeSensitive

Omitted specifies kanatype-insensitive, KS specifies kanatype-sensitive.

WidthSensitivity

Omitted specifies width-insensitive, WS specifies width-sensitive.

BIN

Specifies the backward-compatible binary sort order to be used.

BIN2

Specifies the binary sort order that uses code-point comparison semantics.

Examples

The following are some examples of Windows collation names:

Latin1_General_100_

Collation uses the Latin1 General dictionary sorting rules, code page 1252. Is case-insensitive and accent-sensitive. Collation uses the Latin1 General dictionary sorting rules and maps to code page 1252. Shows the version number of the collation if it is a Windows collation: _90 or _100. Is case-insensitive (CI), and accent-sensitive (AS).

Estonian_CS_AS

Collation uses the Estonian dictionary sorting rules, code page 1257. Is case-sensitive and accent-sensitive.
Latin1_General_BIN

Collation uses code page 1252 and binary sorting rules. The Latin1 General dictionary sorting rules are ignored.

Windows Collations

The following table lists all Windows collations supported in SQL Server 2012.

Windows locale	Collation Version 100	Collation Version 90
Afrikaans (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Albanian (Albania)	Albanian_100_	Albanian_
Alsatian (France)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Amharic (Ethiopia)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Arabic (Algeria)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Bahrain)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Egypt)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Iraq)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Jordan)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Kuwait)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Lebanon)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Libya)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Morocco)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Oman)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Qatar)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Syria)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Tunisia)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (U.A.E.)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Arabic (Yemen)	Arabic_100_	Arabic_
Armenian (Armenia)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Not available
Assamese (India)	Assamese_100_ 1	Not available
Azeri (Azerbaijan, Cyrillic)	Azeri_Cyrillic_100_	Azeri_Cyrillic_90_
Azeri (Azerbaijan, Latin)	Azeri_Latin_100_	Azeri_Latin_90_
Bashkir (Russia)	Bashkir_100_	Not available
Basque (Basque)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Belarusian (Belarus)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Bengali (Bangladesh)	Bengali_100_1	Not available
Bengali (India)	Bengali_100_1	Not available
Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyrillic)	Bosnian_Cyrillic_100_	Not available
Bosnian (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latin)	Bosnian_Latin_100_	Not available
Breton (France)	Breton_100_	Not available
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Catalan (Catalan)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR, PRC)	Chinese_Traditional_Stroke_Count_100_	Chinese_Hong_Kong_Stroke_90_
Chinese (Macao SAR)	Chinese_Traditional_Pinyin_100_	Not available
Chinese (Macao SAR)	Chinese_Traditional_Stroke_Order_100_	Not available
Chinese (PRC)	Chinese_Simplified_Pinyin_100_	Chinese_PRC_90_, Chinese_PRC_
Chinese (PRC)	Chinese_Simplified_Stroke_Order_100_	Chinese_PRC_Stroke_90_, Chinese_PRC_Stroke_
Chinese (Singapore)	Chinese_Simplified_Pinyin_100_	Chinese_PRC_90_, Chinese_PRC_
Chinese (Singapore)	Chinese_Simplified_Stroke_Order_100_	Not available
Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese_Traditional_Bopomofo_100_	Chinese_Taiwan_Bopomofo_90_, Chinese_Taiwan_Bopomofo_
Chinese (Taiwan)	Chinese_Traditional_Stroke_Count_100_	Chinese_Taiwan_Stroke_90_, Chinese_Taiwan_Stroke_
Corsican (France)	Corsican_100_	Not available
Croatian (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latin)	Croatian_100_	Not available
Croatian (Croatia)	Croatian_100_	Croatian_
Czech (Czech Republic)	Czech_100_	Czech_
Danish (Denmark)	Danish_Greenlandic_100_	Danish_Norwegian_
Dari (Afghanistan)	Dari_100_	Not available
Divehi (Maldives)	Divehi_100_1	Divehi_90_
Dutch (Belgium)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Dutch (Netherlands)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Australia)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Belize)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Canada)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Caribbean)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (India)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
English (Ireland)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Jamaica)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Malaysia)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
English (New Zealand)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Philippines)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Singapore)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
English (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (Trinidad and Tobago)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (United Kingdom)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
English (United States)	SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_	SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_
English (Zimbabwe)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Estonian (Estonia)	Estonian_100_	Estonian_
Faroese (Faroe Islands)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Filipino (Philippines)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Finnish (Finland)	Finnish_Swedish_100_	Finnish_Swedish_
French (Belgium)	French_100_	French_
French (Canada)	French_100_	French_
French (France)	French_100_	French_
French (Luxembourg)	French_100_	French_
French (Monaco)	French_100_	French_
French (Switzerland)	French_100_	French_
Frisian (Netherlands)	Frisian_100_	Not available
Galician (Spain)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Georgian (Georgia)	Georgian_Modern_Sort_100_	Georgian_Modern_Sort_
Georgian (Georgia)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Not available
German - Phone Book Sort (DIN)	German_PhoneBook_100_	German_PhoneBook_
German (Austria)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
German (Germany)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
German (Liechtenstein)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
German (Luxembourg)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
German (Switzerland)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Greek (Greece)	Greek_100_	Greek_
Greenlandic (Greenland)	Danish_Greenlandic_100_	Not available
Gujarati (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Hausa (Nigeria, Latin)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Hebrew (Israel)	Hebrew_100_	Hebrew_
Hindi (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Hungarian (Hungary)	Hungarian_100_	Hungarian_
Hungarian Technical Sort	Hungarian_Technical_100_	Hungarian_Technical_
Icelandic (Iceland)	Icelandic_100_	Icelandic_
Igbo (Nigeria)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Indonesian (Indonesia)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Inuktitut (Canada, Latin)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Inuktitut (Syllabics) Canada	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Irish (Ireland)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Italian (Italy)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Italian (Switzerland)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Japanese (Japan XJIS)	Japanese_XJIS_100_	Japanese_90_, Japanese_
Japanese (Japan)	Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_100_	Not available
Kannada (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)	Kazakh_100_	Kazakh_90_
Khmer (Cambodia)	Khmer_100_1	Not available
K'iche (Guatemala)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Not available
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Konkani (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Korean (Korea Dictionary Sort)	Korean_100_	Korean_90_, Korean_Wansung_
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Lao (Lao PDR)	Lao_100_1	Not available
Latvian (Latvia)	Latvian_100_	Latvian_
Lithuanian (Lithuania)	Lithuanian_100_	Lithuanian_
Lower Sorbian (Germany)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Macedonian (Macedonia, FYROM)	Macedonian_FYROM_100_	Macedonian_FYROM_90_
Malay (Brunei Darussalam)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Malay (Malaysia)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Malayalam (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Not available
Maltese (Malta)	Maltese_100_	Not available
Maori (New Zealand)	Maori_100_	Not available
Mapudungun (Chile)	Mapudungan_100_	Not available
Marathi (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Mohawk (Canada)	Mohawk_100_	Not available
Mongolian (Mongolia)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Mongolian (PRC)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Not available
Nepali (Nepal)	Nepali_100_1	Not available
Norwegian (Bokmål, Norway)	Norwegian_100_	Not available
Norwegian (Nynorsk, Norway)	Norwegian_100_	Not available
Occitan (France)	French_100_	Not available
Oriya (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Not available
Pashto (Afghanistan)	Pashto_100_1	Not available
Persian (Iran)	Persian_100_	Not available
Polish (Poland)	Polish_100_	Polish_
Portuguese (Brazil)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Portuguese (Portugal)	Latin1_General_100_	Latin1_General_
Punjabi (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Quechua (Bolivia)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Quechua (Ecuador)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Quechua (Peru)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Romanian (Romania)	Romanian_100_	Romanian_
Romansh (Switzerland)	Romansh_100_	Not available
Russian (Russia)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Sami (Inari, Finland)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sami (Lule,Norway)	Sami_Norway_100_	Not available
Sami (Lule, Sweden)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sami (Northern, Finland)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sami (Northern,Norway)	Sami_Norway_100_	Not available
Sami (Northern, Sweden)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sami (Skolt, Finland)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sami (Southern, Norway)	Sami_Norway_100_	Not available
Sami (Southern, Sweden)	Sami_Sweden_Finland_100_	Not available
Sanskrit (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Serbian (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyrillic)	Serbian_Cyrillic_100_	Not available
Serbian (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latin)	Serbian_Latin_100_	Not available
Serbian (Serbia, Cyrillic)	Serbian_Cyrillic_100_	Not available
Serbian (Serbia, Latin)	Serbian_Latin_100_	Not available
Sesotho sa Leboa/Northern Sotho (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Setswana/Tswana (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Sinhala (Sri Lanka)	Indic_General_100_1	Not available
Slovak (Slovakia)	Slovak_100_	Slovak_
Slovenian (Slovenia)	Slovenian_100_	Slovenian_
Spanish (Argentina)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Bolivia)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Chile)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Colombia)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Costa Rica)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Dominican Republic)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Ecuador)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (El Salvador)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Guatemala)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Honduras)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Mexico)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Nicaragua)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Panama)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Paraguay)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Peru)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Puerto Rico)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Spain)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort)	Traditional_Spanish_100_	Traditional_Spanish_
Spanish (United States)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Spanish (Uruguay)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Spanish (Venezuela)	Modern_Spanish_100_	Modern_Spanish_
Swahili (Kenya)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Swedish (Finland)	Finnish_Swedish_100_	Finnish_Swedish_
Swedish (Sweden)	Finnish_Swedish_100_	Finnish_Swedish_
Syriac (Syria)	Syriac_100_1	Syriac_90_
Tajik (Tajikistan)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Not available
Tamazight (Algeria, Latin)	Tamazight_100_	Not available
Tamil (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Tatar (Russia)	Tatar_100_	Tatar_90_, Cyrillic_General_
Telugu (India)	Indic_General_100_1	Indic_General_90_
Thai (Thailand)	Thai_100_	Thai_
Tibetan (PRC)	Tibetan_100_1	Not available
Turkish (Turkey)	Turkish_100_	Turkish_
Turkmen (Turkmenistan)	Turkmen_100_	Not available
Uighur (PRC)	Uighur_100_	Not available
Ukrainian (Ukraine)	Ukrainian_100_	Ukrainian_
Upper Sorbian (Germany)	Upper_Sorbian_100_	Not available
Urdu (Pakistan)	Urdu_100_	Not available
Uzbek (Uzbekistan, Cyrillic)	Cyrillic_General_100_	Cyrillic_General_
Uzbek (Uzbekistan, Latin)	Uzbek_Latin_100_	Uzbek_Latin_90_
Vietnamese (Vietnam)	Vietnamese_100_	Vietnamese_
Welsh (United Kingdom)	Welsh_100_	Not available
Wolof (Senegal)	French_100_	Not available
Xhosa/isiXhosa (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Yakut (Russia)	Yakut_100_	Not available
Yi (PRC)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Yoruba (Nigeria)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Zulu/isiZulu (South Africa)	Latin1_General_100_	Not available
Deprecated, not available at server level in SQL Server 2008 or later	Hindi	Hindi
Deprecated, not available at server level in SQL Server 2008 or later	Korean_Wansung_Unicode	Korean_Wansung_Unicode
Deprecated, not available at server level in SQL Server 2008 or later	Lithuanian_Classic	Lithuanian_Classic
Deprecated, not available at server level in SQL Server 2008 or later	Macedonian	Macedonian

1Unicode-only Windows collations can only be applied to column-level or expression-level data. They cannot be used as server or database collations.

2Like the Chinese (Taiwan) collation, Chinese (Macau) uses the rules of Simplified Chinese; unlike Chinese (Taiwan), it uses code page 950.

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