Collation?

Can you explain me what a collation is?
"Cannot resolve the collation conflict between SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
and Latin1_General_CI_AS in the equal to operation.: 468"
Thanks!Per BOL, "Collations specify the rules for how strings of character data are
sorted and compared, based on the norms of particular languages and locales."
I'd suggest looking up collations on the index tab in SQL Server Books
Online. It has a detailed description.
Linchi
"Paulo" wrote:
> Can you explain me what a collation is?
> "Cannot resolve the collation conflict between SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
> and Latin1_General_CI_AS in the equal to operation.: 468"
> Thanks!
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