Content of master.dbo.syscharsets table on a MSDE 1.0 installation (contains all supported character sets; SQL Server 2000 could support more).
    
  
    | type | id | csid | status | name | description | 
  
    | 1001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | iso_1 | ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) - Western European 8-bit character set. | 
  
    | 1001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | cp850 | Code Page 850 (Multilingual) character set. | 
  
    | 1001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | cp437 | Code Page 437 (United States) character set. | 
  
    | 1001 | 4 | 0 | 0 | cp1250 | Code page 1250 | 
  
    | 1001 | 5 | 0 | 0 | cp1251 | Code Page 1251 | 
  
    | 1001 | 6 | 0 | 0 | cp1253 | Code page 1253 | 
  
    | 1001 | 7 | 0 | 0 | cp1254 | Code page 1254 | 
  
    | 1001 | 8 | 0 | 0 | cp1255 | Code page 1255 | 
  
    | 1001 | 9 | 0 | 0 | cp1256 | Code page 1256 | 
  
    | 1001 | 10 | 0 | 0 | cp1257 | Code page 1257 | 
  
    | 1001 | 12 | 0 | 0 | cp949 | Code page 949 | 
  
    | 1001 | 13 | 0 | 0 | cp950 | Code page 950 | 
  
    | 1001 | 14 | 0 | 0 | cp936 | Code page 936 | 
  
    | 1001 | 15 | 0 | 0 | cp874 | Code page 874 | 
  
    | 1001 | 16 | 0 | 0 | cp1258 | Code page 1258 | 
  
    | 2001 | 30 | 3 | 0 | bin_cp437 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 437 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 31 | 3 | 0 | dictionary_437 | General purpose dictionary sort order for use in the US.  Uses the Code Page 437 character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 32 | 3 | 0 | nocase_437 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use in the US.  Uses the Code Page 437 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 33 | 3 | 0 | nocasepref_437 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes, for use in the US.  Uses the Code Page 437 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 34 | 3 | 0 | noaccents_437 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use in the US.  Uses the Code Page 437 character set.  Diacritical marks are ignored. | 
  
    | 2001 | 40 | 2 | 0 | bin_cp850 | Binary Sort Order for the CodePage 850 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 41 | 2 | 0 | dictionary_850 | General purpose dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 42 | 2 | 0 | nocase_850 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 43 | 2 | 0 | nocasepref_850 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes, for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 44 | 2 | 0 | noaccents_850 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set.  Diacritical marks are ignored. | 
  
    | 2001 | 49 | 2 | 0 | caseless_34 | Case-insensitive sort order for 3.4.1 caseless database. | 
  
    | 2001 | 50 | 1 | 0 | bin_iso_1 | Binary Sort Order for the ISO 8859-1 (Latin 1) Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 51 | 1 | 0 | dictionary_iso | General purpose dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 52 | 1 | 0 | nocase_iso | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 53 | 1 | 0 | nocasepref_iso | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes, for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 54 | 1 | 0 | noaccents_iso | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set.  Diacritical marks are ignored. | 
  
    | 2001 | 55 | 2 | 0 | alt_dictionary | General purpose dictionary sort order for use with several Western-European languages. Uses the Code Page 850 character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 56 | 2 | 0 | alt_nocasepref | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes, for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 57 | 2 | 0 | alt_noaccents | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for most of the European languages.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set.  Diacritical marks are ignored. | 
  
    | 2001 | 58 | 2 | 0 | scand_nocasepref | Case-insensitive Scandinavian dictionary sort order, with  case preference for collating purposes.  Uses the Code Page 850  character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 59 | 2 | 0 | scand_dictionary | General purpose Scandinavian dictionary sort order.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 60 | 2 | 0 | scand_nocase | Case-insensitive Scandinavian dictionary sort order, without  case preference for collating purposes.  Uses the Code Page 850  character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 61 | 2 | 0 | alt_nocase | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order, without case preference for collating purposes, for use with several Western-European languages including English, French, and German.  Uses the Code Page 850 character set. | 
  
    | 2001 | 71 | 1 | 0 | dictionary_1252 | NT Latin-1 case sensitive sort order for code page 1252 | 
  
    | 2001 | 72 | 1 | 0 | nocase_1252 | NT Latin-1 case insensitive sort order for code page 1252 | 
  
    | 2001 | 80 | 4 | 0 | bin_cp1250 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1250 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 81 | 4 | 0 | dictionary_1250 | Dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 82 | 4 | 0 | nocase_1250 | Dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 83 | 4 | 0 | csydic | Czech dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 84 | 4 | 0 | csync | Czech dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 85 | 4 | 0 | hundic | Hungarian dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 86 | 4 | 0 | hunnc | Hungarian dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 87 | 4 | 0 | plkdic | Polish dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 88 | 4 | 0 | plknc | Polish dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 89 | 4 | 0 | romdic | Romanian dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 90 | 4 | 0 | romnc | Romanian dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 91 | 4 | 0 | shldic | Croatian dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 92 | 4 | 0 | shlnc | Croatian dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 93 | 4 | 0 | skydic | Slovak dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 94 | 4 | 0 | skync | Slovak dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 95 | 4 | 0 | slvdic | Slovenian dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 96 | 4 | 0 | slvnc | Slovenian dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1250 | 
  
    | 2001 | 104 | 5 | 0 | bin_cp1251 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1251 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 105 | 5 | 0 | dictionary_251 | Dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1251 | 
  
    | 2001 | 106 | 5 | 0 | nocase_1251 | Dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1251 | 
  
    | 2001 | 107 | 5 | 0 | ukrdic | Ukrainian dictionary case-sensitive sort order for use with code page 1251 | 
  
    | 2001 | 108 | 5 | 0 | ukrnc | Ukrainian dictionary case-insensitive sort order for use with code page 1251 | 
  
    | 1001 | 109 | 0 | 0 | cp932 | Code page 932 | 
  
    | 2001 | 112 | 6 | 0 | bin_cp1253 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1253 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 113 | 6 | 0 | dictionary_1253 | Greek case sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1253 | 
  
    | 2001 | 114 | 6 | 0 | nocase_1253 | Greek case insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1253 | 
  
    | 2001 | 120 | 6 | 0 | greek_mixeddictionary | Greek English mixed dictionary sort order. Uses the ISO 8859-7 (ANSI 1253) Greek Windows character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 121 | 6 | 0 | greek_altdictionary | Greek dictionary sort order for use with Greek and English. Uses the ISO 8859-7 (ANSI 1253) Greek Windows character set and is case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 124 | 6 | 0 | greek_nocasedict | Greek dictionary sort order for use with Greek and English. Uses the ISO 8859-7 (ANSI 1253) Greek Windows character set and is not case-sensitive. | 
  
    | 2001 | 128 | 7 | 0 | bin_cp1254 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1254 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 129 | 7 | 0 | dictionary_1254 | Case sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1254 | 
  
    | 2001 | 130 | 7 | 0 | nocase_1254 | Case insensitive dictionary order for use with code page 1254 | 
  
    | 2001 | 136 | 8 | 0 | bin_cp1255 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1255 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 137 | 8 | 0 | dictionary_1255 | Case-sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1255 | 
  
    | 2001 | 138 | 8 | 0 | nocase_1255 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1255 | 
  
    | 2001 | 144 | 9 | 0 | bin_cp1256 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1256 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 145 | 9 | 0 | dictionary_1256 | Case-sensitive dictionary order for use with code page 1256 | 
  
    | 2001 | 146 | 9 | 0 | nocase_1256 | Case-insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1256 | 
  
    | 2001 | 152 | 10 | 0 | bin_cp1257 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 1257 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 153 | 10 | 0 | dictionary_1257 | Case sensitive sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 154 | 10 | 0 | nocase_1257 | Case insensitive dictionary order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 155 | 10 | 0 | etidic | Estonian case sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 156 | 10 | 0 | etinc | Estonian case insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 157 | 10 | 0 | lvidic | Latvian case sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 158 | 10 | 0 | lvinc | Latvian case insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 159 | 10 | 0 | lthdic | Lithuanian case sensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 160 | 10 | 0 | lthnc | Lithuanian case insensitive dictionary sort order for use with code page 1257 | 
  
    | 2001 | 183 | 1 | 0 | danno_nocasepref | Case-insensitive Danish/Norwegian dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes. Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set with Windows 3.1 additional characters. | 
  
    | 2001 | 184 | 1 | 0 | svfi1_nocasepref | Case-insensitive Swedish/Finnish dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes. Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set with Windows 3.1 additional characters. The letters V and W are treated as variants of the same letter. | 
  
    | 2001 | 185 | 1 | 0 | svfi2_nocasepref | Case-insensitive Swedish/Finnish dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes. Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set with Windows 3.1 additional characters. The letters V and W are treated as separate letters. | 
  
    | 2001 | 186 | 1 | 0 | islan_nocasepref | Case-insensitive Icelandic dictionary sort order, with case preference for collating purposes. Uses the ISO 8859-1 character set with Windows 3.1 additional characters. | 
  
    | 2001 | 192 | 109 | 0 | bin_cp932 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 932 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 193 | 109 | 0 | nls_cp932 | NLS Case-Insensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 932 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 194 | 12 | 0 | bin_cp949 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 949 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 195 | 12 | 0 | nls_cp949 | NLS Case-Insensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 949 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 196 | 13 | 0 | bin_cp950 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 950 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 197 | 13 | 0 | nls_cp950 | NLS Case-Insensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 950 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 198 | 14 | 0 | bin_cp936 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 936 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 199 | 14 | 0 | nls_cp936 | NLS Case-Insensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 936 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 200 | 109 | 0 | nls_cp932_cs | NLS Case-Sensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 932 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 201 | 12 | 0 | nls_cp949_cs | NLS Case-Sensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 949 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 202 | 13 | 0 | nls_cp950_cs | NLS Case-Sensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 950 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 203 | 14 | 0 | nls_cp936_cs | NLS Case-Sensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 936 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 204 | 15 | 0 | bin_cp874 | Binary Sort Order for the Code Page 874 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 205 | 15 | 0 | nls_cp874 | NLS Case-Insensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 874 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 206 | 15 | 0 | nls_cp874_cs | NLS Case-Sensitive Sort Order for the Code Page 874 Character Set | 
  
    | 2001 | 210 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_037 | EBCDIC 037 code page sort - United States/Canada | 
  
    | 2001 | 211 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_273 | EBCDIC 273 code page sort - Austria/Germany F.R. | 
  
    | 2001 | 212 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_277 | EBCDIC 277 code page sort - Denmark/Norway | 
  
    | 2001 | 213 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_278 | EBCDIC 278 code page sort - Finland/Sweden | 
  
    | 2001 | 214 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_280 | EBCDIC 280 code page sort - Italy | 
  
    | 2001 | 215 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_284 | EBCDIC 284 code page sort - Latin American/Spain | 
  
    | 2001 | 216 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_285 | EBCDIC 285 code page sort - United Kingdom | 
  
    | 2001 | 217 | 1 | 0 | EBCDIC_297 | EBCDIC 297 code page sort - France |