Re: Collation Confusion

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From: Bart Duncan [MSFT] (bartd_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/25/04


Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 22:12:16 GMT

In setup you should select "Dictionary order, case-insensitive, for use
with 1252 character set" in the collation selection dialog. This is the
default collation for U.S. English SQL Servers.

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"Mario" <someone.else@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O3bumugWEHA.1368@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Greetings!
>
> I'm trying to install SQL Server 2000 (Standard edition) on a new server
to
> mirror the version on an older server. The trouble I'm having is with
> identifying the settings I need in order to match collations.
>
> The instance of SQL Server on the old server has a collation described
as
> 'SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS'. I realise that 'CI' and 'AS' refer to
> case-insensitive and accent-sensitive respectively, but what does 'CP1'
> relate to?
>
> I've searched through various resources but they all seem to avoid
> describing that one crucial bit of information! Can anyone help?
>
>



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