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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:35:12+00:00

I have a sqlserver 2008 running with collation set to: Finnish_Swedish_CI_AS I also have

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I have a sqlserver 2008 running with collation set to: Finnish_Swedish_CI_AS

I also have a table on that server with collation set to: SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CS_AS

In the table I have a column named Material which contains

abcf
abcf
DF

SELECT Allowable  FROM [Mat].[dbo].[D100601EN6115K3] WHERE Thickness = 2 AND CHARINDEX('F', Material)>0

It returns the allowable values for all three rows containing an “f” or “F”
How can I make my search case sensitive so that I only get the allowable from the last row?
I hope there is an easy way because I don’t want to set up the whole server again…

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  1. Editorial Team

    You use the COLLATE clause to change the collation of the expression

    SELECT Allowable
FROM [Mat].[dbo].[D100601EN6115K3]
WHERE Thickness = 2 AND CHARINDEX('F', Material COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CS_AS) > 0

    The COLLATE clause can go against a whole expression or just a column reference.

    If Material already has the collation Material COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CS_AS then it should be 

    CHARINDEX('F' COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CS_AS, Material)

    Sorry, it isn’t 100% clear which column is CS: Material or another one.

    Basically, 'F' is the collation of the server or database if different

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