T-SQL Table variable with case sensitive columns - collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
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25-06-2021 - |
Question
Is it possible to have collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS in table variable columns' definitions?
The reason I want to do this is because I have case sensitive information in my source table but when I insert it in the table variable there is a problem with the primary key (it is clustered) - duplicated values are detected - like 'All' and 'ALL'.
That's why I am trying to find a way to make the table variable columns case sensitive too as the following statement:
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY ('Collation')
gives me: "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
Solution
Yes it is possible. You can specify the collation for each column when you declare your table variable.
declare @T table
(
Col varchar(20) collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS
)
OTHER TIPS
Yes. It took something like 2 minutes to write the following script:
declare @T table (
ID int not null,
Val1 varchar(10) collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS not null primary key
)
insert into @T(ID,Val1) values (1,'All'),(2,'ALL')
insert into @T(ID,Val1) values (3,'All')
Which first stored two rows, then errors on the second insert
statement.