LinkedServer.CollationCompatible Property

Gets or sets the Boolean property value that specifies whether the default collation of the linked server is compatible with the default collation on the local instance of Microsoft SQL Server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property CollationCompatible As Boolean
public bool CollationCompatible { get; set; }
public:
property bool CollationCompatible {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
/** @property */
public boolean get_CollationCompatible ()

/** @property */
public void set_CollationCompatible (boolean value)
public function get CollationCompatible () : boolean

public function set CollationCompatible (value : boolean)

Property Value

A Boolean value that specifies whether the remote linked server is compatible with the collation on the local instance of SQL Server. If True, the linked server has a default collation that is compatible with the default collation on the local instance of SQL Server. If False (default), the linked server has a default collation that is incompatible with the default collation on the local instance of SQL Server. This means that data compared on the two servers may return unexpected results.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class
LinkedServer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)