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I'm installing sql 2005 and I want to change collation so accents are insensitive. &nbsp;<br />
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Question is which is better to choose at installation time:<br />
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- Windows Collation or<br />
- SQL Collation (used for compatibility with previous version of SQL Server)<br />
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My current production server is sql 2000 running an SQL Collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI<wbr />_AS). &nbsp;What throws me off is that the SQL Collation seems to say that it's for backwards compatibility and &quot;perhaps&quot; should not be used in future...<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Bruno
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I'm installing sql 2005 and I want to change collation so accents are insensitive.  

Question is which is better to choose at installation time:

- Windows Collation or
- SQL Collation (used for compatibility with previous version of SQL Server)


My current production server is sql 2000 running an SQL Collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS).  What throws me off is that the SQL Collation seems to say that it's for backwards compatibility and "perhaps" should not be used in future...

Thanks,
Bruno

SQL Collation vs Windows Collation

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