SQL-Server is ignoring my COLLATION when I'm using LIKE operator

Question

I\'m working with Spanish database so when I\'m looking for and \"aeiou\" I can also get \"áéíóú\" or \"AEIOU\" or \"ÁÉÍÓÚ\", in a where clause like this:

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Answer 1

You can use COLLATE, eg.

SELECT * 
FROM TableName
WHERE strData COLLATE Latin1_general_CI_AI = 'perez' COLLATE Latin1_general_CI_AI

both sides must have the same collation.

• SQLFiddle Demo
• SQLFiddle Demo (using LIKE)

Others:

• Selecting a SQL Server Collation