title: SQL Server 2012- Server collation and database collation
body: <p>I have SQL Server 2012 installed that is used for a few different applications. One of our applications needs to be installed, but the company is saying that:</p>
  
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    <p>The SQL collation isn't correct, it needs to be: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS</p>
    
    <p>You can just uninstall the SQL Server Database Engine &amp; upon reinstall select the right collation.</p>
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  <p>What possible reason would this company have to want to change the collation of the database engine itself?</p>