@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns the local language identifier (ID) of the language that is currently being used.

Syntax

@@LANGID

Note

To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.

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To view information about language settings, including language ID numbers, run sp_helplanguage without a parameter specified.

The following example sets the language for the current session to Italian, and then uses @@LANGID to return the ID for Italian.

SET LANGUAGE 'Italian'  
SELECT @@LANGID AS 'Language ID'

Here is the result set.

Changed language setting to Italiano.  
Language ID  
-----------  
6