Database.Collation Property
Gets or sets the default collation used by the database.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase Or SfcPropertyFlags.Design, _
"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS")> _
Public Property Collation As String
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As String
value = instance.Collation
instance.Collation = value
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design,
"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS")]
public string Collation { get; set; }
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags::Design,
L"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS")]
public:
virtual property String^ Collation {
String^ get () sealed;
void set (String^ value) sealed;
}
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design,
"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS")>]
abstract Collation : string with get, set
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design,
"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS")>]
override Collation : string with get, set
final function get Collation () : String
final function set Collation (value : String)
Property Value
Type: System.String
A String value that specifies the name of the collation.
Implements
Remarks
You can find the available collation strings in Selecting a SQL Server Collation, by running the EnumCollations method, or during SQL Server setup. The collation string contains information about the code page, case-sensitivity, accent sensitivity, and language or alphabet.
Examples
VB
'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")
'Display the current default collation.
Console.WriteLine(db.Collation)
'Display the case-sensitivity of the current collation.
Console.WriteLine("Collation is case-sensitive = " + _
db.CaseSensitive.ToString)
PowerShell
$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")
Write-Host "Collation is case-sensitive =" $db.CaseSensitive
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace