Today we will go over very quick tip about finding out collation of database and table column. Collations specify the rules for how strings of character data are sorted and compared, based on the norms of particular languages and locales
Today’s script are self explanatory so I will not explain it much.
/* Find Collation of SQL Server Database */
SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('AdventureWorks', 'Collation')
GO
/* Find Collation of SQL Server Database Table Column */
USE AdventureWorks
GO
SELECT name, collation_name
FROM sys.columns
WHERE OBJECT_ID IN (SELECT OBJECT_ID
FROM sys.objects
WHERE type = 'U'
AND name = 'Address')
AND name = 'City'
Reference : Pinal Dave (http://blog.SQLAuthority.com)
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You can do the same with
select table_name, column_name, collation_name
from information_schema.columns
where table_name = @table_name