title: Is there such thing as 'Unicode collation'?
body: <p>Or if it does not, then what is actually a Sql Server <code>collation</code>? Maybe my understanding of collation (as a concept) is wrong.</p>
  
  <p>I do not wish to specify my collation to greek or icelandic or even western-european. I wish to be able to use any language that is supported in Unicode.</p>
  
  <p>(I'm using MSSQL 2005)</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE: Ok, I'm rephrasing the question: Is there a generic, culture-independent collation that can be used for texts of any culture? I know it will not contain culture-specific rules like 'ty' in Hungarian or ß=ss in German, but will provide consistent, mostly acceptable results.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any collation that is <em>not</em> culture-specific?</p>