Question

What collation selected for the Spanish language in sql server 2012?

Always use utf8_bin in MySQL but in SQL Server is not a choice. the language is Latin American Spanish or any alternatives to utf8_bin?

EDIT

What is the difference between Modern_Spanish_CI_AS and Modern_Spanish_bin?

Answer 1

In place of “utf8” you’d use the nvarchar/nchar types (which is actually UCS-2 in SQL Server)
This stores any character. Although, varchar/char may be OK for Spanish. I know it works for other Western European languages

Then you’d choose a collation (for sorting and comparing) like Modern_Spanish_Bin
All Spanish except one seems to use this says MSDN. The “one” is Traditional_Spanish_Bin

This is slightly different to MySQL where the charset is in the collation and everything is varchar. SQL Server separates sort/compare (collation) from storage (datatype varchar vs nvarchar)

Edit:

• Modern_Spanish_CI_AS: ignores case so a = A but compares accents à <> a
• Modern_Spanish_bin: looks at the bit patterns only. So a <> A

MSDN