Ignoring accents in SQL Server using LINQ to SQL

Question

How can I ignore accents (like ´, `, ~) in queries made to a SQL Server database using LINQ to SQL?

UPDATE:

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Answer 1

In SQL queries (Sql Server 2000+, as I recall), you do this by doing something like select MyString, MyId from MyTable where MyString collate Latin1_General_CI_AI ='aaaa'.

I'm not sure if this is possible in Linq, but someone more cozy with Linq can probably translate.

If you are ok with sorting and select/where queries ALWAYS ignoring accents, you can alter the table to specify the same collation on the field(s) with which you are concerned.