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COLLATE is a clause applied to character string expression or column for textual data types such as char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, and ntext to cast the string or column collation into a specified collation.

It is absolutely possible to database with a different collation on a same SQL Server Instance. It is also possible to create an individual column in a table with different collations from server instance and database as well.

A collation in MySQL is a set of rules used to compare the characters in a specific character set. It is a sequence of orders to any particular set. MySQL supports various character sets, and each character set always uses one or more collation, at least one default collation.

You can get the server collation in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) by right-clicking the SQL instance, then clicking the Properties option and checking the General tab. This collation is selected by default at the installation of SQL Server.

To view a collation setting for a column in Object Explorer In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine and then expand that instance. Expand Databases, expand the database and then expand Tables. Expand the table that contains the column and then expand Columns.

MSDN states COLLATE DATABASEDEFAULT clause casts the collation of an expression, column definition, or database definition to inherit the collation of the "current database". To complement MSDN, the "current database" is the context of the database where the query is executed.

To see the default collation for each character set, use the SHOW CHARACTER SET statement or query the INFORMATIONSCHEMA CHARACTERSETS table. If COLLATE collationname is specified without CHARACTER SET , the character set associated with collationname and collation collationname are used.