Lesson 28. Globalization and Localization
In this lesson, you’ll learn the basics of how SQL Server handles different character sets and languages, and how to work with different character sets in your T-SQL code.
Understanding Character Sets and Collation Sequences
Database tables are used to store and retrieve data. Different languages and character sets need to be stored and retrieved differently. As such, SQL Server needs to accommodate different character sets (different alphabets and characters) as well as different ways to sort and retrieve data.
When discussing multiple languages and characters sets, you will run into the following important terms:
• Character sets: Collections of letters and symbols
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