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Server.EnumCollations Method

SQL Server 2008

Enumerates a list of collations supported by the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

C++

JScript

public DataTable EnumCollations()

Return Value

Type: System.Data.DataTable
A DataTable object value that contains the collation information. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column	Data type	Description
Urn	String	The URN string that identifies the collation.
Name	String	The name of the collation. See fn_helpcollations (Transact-SQL).
CodePage	Int32	The code page of the collation. See Code Page Architecture.
LocaleID	Int32	The locale of the collation. See sys.syslanguages (Transact-SQL).
ComparisonStyle	Int32	The comparison style made up of the sum of the following styles, Case insensitivity = 1, Accent insensitivity = 2, Kana type insensitivity = 64436, Width insensitivity = 131072.
Description	String	The description of the collation.

Examples

VBNET

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Call the EnumCollations method and return collation information to DataTable variable.
Dim d As DataTable
'Select the returned data into an array of DataRow.
d = srv.EnumCollations
'Iterate through the rows and display collation details for the instance of SQL Server.
Dim r As DataRow
Dim c As DataColumn
For Each r In d.Rows
    Console.WriteLine("============================================")
    For Each c In r.Table.Columns
        Console.WriteLine(c.ColumnName + " = " + r(c).ToString)
    Next
Next

Reference

Server Class

Server Members

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Calling Methods

Managing Servers

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