Question

Question: The new SQL Server 2008 database returns me values formatted English (date/float).

Is there a way I can set the return format ?

For example temporarely switching the database language?

Or just set the language for the current query ?

Answer 1

BOL: Specifies the language environment for the session. The session language determines the datetime formats and system messages.

DECLARE @Today DATETIME
    SET @Today = '12/5/2007'

    SET LANGUAGE Italian
    SELECT DATENAME(month, @Today) AS 'Month Name'

    SET LANGUAGE us_english
    SELECT DATENAME(month, @Today) AS 'Month Name' 
    GO