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How can I query the database culture (SQL Server 2005) ?
I have problems inserting and getting dates, because the client’s servers don’t run on the same culture as my developer server.
I can adjust the date, but I need to know the server’s culture…
You can find out about the currently configured language using this:
and you might also want to check out this:
It will show the available languages, and what date formats etc. they have. This is basically the contents of the
sys.syslanguagessystem catalog table.As for date handling – preferably use DateTime based parametrized queries, or if you have to have date strings, use the ISO-8601 date format in SQL Server.
The format
YYYYMMDDorYYYYMMDD HH:MM:SSwill always work, regardless of currently selected language settings in SQL Server.