Free Microsoft SQL Server Video Tutorial: Install SQL Server - Discussion of Collation Types and Recommendations

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When you install SQL Server, you make perhaps one of the most important decisions you can make: which default collation you will use. Should you choose Windows Locale or a SQL Collation (and what's the difference)? Are SQL Server Authentication passwords case-sensitive (and why are you asking me that here)? Collations are incredibly important to SQL Server and the collation that you choose during setup can save you hours of frustration later on. Watch this video and get an excellent overview of what collations are and how you should go about choosing the right collation for your installation

• Category: SQL Server Videobooks
• Skill Level: 300 (Intermediate)
• Length: 12:36 (6.66MB)
• Source Videobook Entry (Subscriber-only version)

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