Check If the string contains accented characters in SQL?
I want to perform a task if the input string contain any accented characters else do another task in SQL. Is there any way to check this condition in SQL ? Eg: @myString1 = 'àéêöhello!' IF(@myString1 contains any accented characters) Task1 ELSE Task2 JohnLBevan SQL Fiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!6/9eecb7d/1607 declare @a nvarchar(32) = 'àéêöhello!' declare @b nvarchar(32) = 'aeeohello!' select case when (cast(@a as varchar(32)) collate SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1251_CS_AS) = @a then 0 else 1 end HasSpecialChars select case when (cast(@b as varchar(32)) collate SQL_Latin1_General_Cp1251_CS_AS) = @b