collation

What is collation in SQL 2005 and what it is used for? Thanks.
Collation Terminology
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms143726.aspx
Using SQL Collations
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144260.aspx
"00KobeBrian" wrote:

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