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@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)

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SQL Server 👁 Image
Azure SQL Database 👁 Image
Azure SQL Managed Instance 👁 Image
Azure Synapse Analytics 👁 Image
Analytics Platform System (PDW) 👁 Image
SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Returns the name of the language currently being used.

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Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

@@LANGUAGE 

Return Types

nvarchar

Remarks

To view information about language settings, including valid official language names, run sp_helplanguage without a parameter specified.

Examples

The following example returns the language for the current session.

SELECT @@LANGUAGE AS 'Language Name'; 

Here's the result set.

Language Name 
------------------------------ 
us_english 

See Also

SET LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)
sp_helplanguage (Transact-SQL)


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