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SQL query that distinguishes between ß and ss

It seems that ß=ss in SQL. I need to be able to distinguish on a strict charcter equivalent basis.

i.e. SELECT * from table WHERE name LIKE '%ß%'

yields

Brian Bruß Steven Sossmix

etc..

I've looked at different Collations to see if there is one that ignores character expansions, but no luck so far.

Database has Latin1_General_CI_AS as default - I've also tried Latin1_General_CS_AS and Latin1_General_CS_AS_WS, neither of which worked.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Will Jenkins Avatar asked Apr 21 '09 14:04

Will Jenkins


2 Answers

You need to use a binary collation so that it's case-sensitive, accent-sensitive, etc.

Collation: SQL_Latin1_General_Cp437_BIN

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Jose Basilio Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 01:09

Jose Basilio


Found a thread that has two solutions for this.

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TStamper Avatar answered Sep 23 '22 01:09

TStamper