How to remove extended ASCII chars from SQL Server - sql

Question

So trying to remove all the extended ascii characters and used collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1253_CI_AI in the ddl but still getting ascii characters. Is there any suggestion ?
I have a value stored in the sql as 'àccõrd' and i want it to be stored as accord. When i try select àccõrd collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1253_CI_AI it works but when i load it still gets loaded as àccõrd

Answer 1

Here are two ways to achieve what you're trying to do...
First method: define the column with a specific collation, e.g.:
create table dbo.Foo (
FooName varchar(50) collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1253_CI_AI
);
insert dbo.Foo (FooName) values ('àccõrd');
select FooName from dbo.Foo;
Which yields:
FooName
-------
accord
Second method: collate the text when inserting it into your table:
-- Display the SQL Server instance's "default collation," configured during setup.
-- e.g.: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
select serverproperty('collation') as ServerCollation;
-- Display the current database's "default collation," configured in CREATE DATABASE.
-- e.g.: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
select collation_name
from sys.databases
where [name]=db_name();
create table dbo.Bar (
BarName varchar(50) --database default: collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
);
insert dbo.Bar (BarName) values ('àccõrd' collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1253_CI_AI);
select BarName from dbo.Bar;
Which yields:
BarName
-------
accord
NOTE: These collation tricks only work with char and varchar data types.