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What is collation in SQL 2005 and what it is used for? Thanks.ms-help://MS.SQLCC.v9/MS.SQLSVR.v9.en/udb9/html/61cdbb6b-3ca1-4d73-938b-22e4
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"00KobeBrian" <a@.b.com> wrote in message news:OketZEHCHHA.3600@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[vbcol
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> What is collation in SQL 2005 and what it is used for? Thanks.
>[/vbcol]|||The MSDN link for Tibor's reference is
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John
"00KobeBrian" wrote:

> What is collation in SQL 2005 and what it is used for? Thanks.
>
>sqlsql