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Asked: 2026-06-18T10:15:18+00:00

I am looking to join two tables by a common string ignoring accents and

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I am looking to join two tables by a common string ignoring accents and capitalization.

I’ve been looking for an answer to this question and can’t figure it out. I am working with a dirty database and I need to be able to join two tables by a varchar column where some of the rows have accents and some do not.

Below is what I have so far but does not execute due to incorrect syntax. Thank you for your help!

SELECT p.product_id, VarDim.dimension_id 
FROM product p 
LEFT JOIN Dimension dim on COLLATE Latin1_general_CI_AI dim.[Description] = COLLATE Latin1_general_CI_AI p.shortdesc
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  1. Editorial Team

    You just need to place a single COLLATE to the right of the joined columns:

    SELECT p.product_id, VarDim.dimension_id 
FROM product p 
LEFT JOIN Dimension dim on dim.[Description] = p.shortdesc COLLATE Latin1_general_CI_AI
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