langid-transact-sql.md

description	@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)
title	@@LANGID (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server SQL Database]

Returns the local language identifier (ID) of the language that is currently being used.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@LANGID  

[!INCLUDEsql-server-tsql-previous-offline-documentation]

Return Types

smallint

Remarks

To view information about language settings, including language ID numbers, run sp_helplanguage without a parameter specified.

Examples

The following example sets the language for the current session to Italian, and then uses @@LANGID to return the ID for Italian.

SET LANGUAGE 'Italian'  
SELECT @@LANGID AS 'Language ID'  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Changed language setting to Italiano.  
Language ID  
-----------  
6            

See Also

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