language-transact-sql.md

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@@LANGUAGE (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md]

Returns the name of the language currently being used.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

-- Syntax for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse  
  
@@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';  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

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

Examples: [!INCLUDEssSDWfull] and [!INCLUDEssPDW]

The following example returns the language for the current session.

SELECT @@LANGUAGE AS 'Language Name';  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

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

See Also

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