Improvements to "Set or Change the Server Collation" #4747
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1. Fix "Setting the server collation in SQL Server" section:
1. Clarify that `SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS` is the default collation when the OS locale is US English (en-US), and _not_ the default regardless of OS locale.
1. Added anchor to link to "Collation and Unicode Support" page to take user directly to "Server-level collations" section.
1. This fixes Issue # 4103.
1. Add "Note" mentioning server-level collation for SQL Server Express LocalDB.
1. Improve note recommending changing collation of new DBs:
1. Clarify that it's the `COLLATE` clause of the `CREATE DATABASE` and `ALTER DATABASE` statements.
1. This fixes Issue # 2524.
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@srutzky - thanks for updating and clarifying this. #sign-off |
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This fixes #4103 .
Fix "Setting the server collation in SQL Server" section:
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_ASis the default collation when the OS locale is US English (en-US), and not the default regardless of OS locale..mdextension and it's unclear if the anchor perhaps poses a potential problem for the parser. )Add "Note" mentioning server-level collation for SQL Server Express LocalDB.
Improve note recommending changing collation of new DBs:
COLLATEclause of theCREATE DATABASEandALTER DATABASEstatements.Take care,
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