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T-SQL Table variable with case sensitive columns - collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS

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
)