Victor Moore wrote: > Sorry, I should have mentioned that the db is MS-SQL Server 2005. > I thought about Unicode but there is no entry in the drop down with that > name.
i'm not up to speed on sql 2005 quite yet but try this: SELECT * FROM ::fn_helpcollations() WHERE description LIKE '%unicode%' which should give you all the unicode capable collations on your sql server. > There are probably one hundred entries so I wasn't sure which one to select > for my case where in the same db I can have multiple languages at the same > time. pick the collation that covers the majority of your work, "cast" to others as needed--though plain jane unicode code point sorting will usually work for many languages (except of course for stuff like "german phone book" sorting, etc.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:251441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
