Achieving consistent sorting between c# and SQL using CollationInfo.Comparer

Question

I am attempting to use CollationInfo.Comparer from SMO to get my c# code to sort like SQL Server. I have gotten the correct collation, but my items still do not sort correc

Answer 1

The legacy "SQL" collation sorting is not aligned with Windows "word-sort" algorithm. You'll need to use a Windows collation (e.g. Latin1_General_CS_AS) for the columns in the database to get the same behavior.