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fn_helpcollations (Transact-SQL)

Returns a list of all the collations supported by SQL Server 2008.

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Note

Deprecated collations that are no longer supported or installed in SQL Server 2008 cannot be queried with fn_helpcollations.

Syntax

fn_helpcollations ()

Tables Returned

fn_helpcollations returns the following information.

Column name

Data type

Description

Name

sysname

Standard collation name

Description

nvarchar(1000)

Description of the collation

Examples

The following example returns all collation names starting with the letter L and that are binary sort collations.

USE AdventureWorks;
SELECT Name, Description FROM fn_helpcollations()
WHERE name like 'L%' AND description LIKE '% binary sort';

Here is the result set.

Name                   Description
-------------------    ------------------------------------
Latin1_General_BIN     Latin1-General, binary sort
Latvian_BIN            Latvian, binary sort
Lithuanian_BIN         Lithuanian, binary sort
Lithuanian_Classic_BIN Lithuanian-Classic, binary sort

(4 row(s) affected)