Merge branch 'patch-1' of https://github.com/KevinConanMSFT/azure-docs-pr into 20230215-collation

Author: WilliamDAssafMSFT

articles/synapse-analytics/sql/reference-collation-types.md

@@ -26,78 +26,19 @@ To change the default collation for dedicated SQL pool database, update to the C
 
 To change the default collation for a serverless SQL pool database, you can use ALTER DATABASE statement.
 
-## List of unsupported collation types for Dedicated SQL pools
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_BIN
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_BIN2
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_KS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AI_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_KS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CI_AS_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_KS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AI_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_WS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_KS
-*    Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_CS_AS_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_BIN
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_BIN2
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_KS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_KS_WS_VSS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_KS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AI_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_KS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CI_AS_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_KS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AI_KS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_WS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_KS
-*    Japanese_XJIS_140_CS_AS_KS_WS
-*    SQL_EBCDIC1141_CP1_CS_AS
-*    SQL_EBCDIC277_2_CP1_CS_AS
-*    UTF-8
+## Collation support
+
+The following table shows which collation types are supported by which service.  
+
+| Collation Type                            | Serverless SQL Pool | Dedicated SQL Pool - Database & Column Level | Dedicated SQL Pool - External Table (Native Support) | Dedicated SQL Pool - External Table (Hadoop/Polybase) |
+|:-----------------------------------------:|:-------------------:|:-----------------------:|:------------------:|:------------------:|
+| Non-UTF-8 Collations                      | Yes                 | Yes                     | Yes                | Yes                |
+| UTF-8                                     | Yes                 | Yes                     | No                 | No                 |
+| Japanese_Bushu_Kakusu_140_*               | Yes                 | Yes                     | No                 | No                 |
+| Japanese_XJIS_140_*                       | Yes                 | Yes                     | No                 | No                 |
+| SQL_EBCDIC1141_CP1_CS_AS                  | No                  | No                      | No                 | No                 |
+| SQL_EBCDIC277_2_CP1_CS_AS                 | No                  | No                      | No                 | No                 |
+
 
 ## Check the current collation
 To check the current collation for the database, you can run the following T-SQL snippet: