langid-transact-sql.md

title	@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)
description	@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	09/18/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
f1_keywords	@@LANGID @@LANGID_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	languages [SQL Server], current in use @@LANGID function current language in use ID for language in use local language IDs [SQL Server]
dev_langs	TSQL

@@LANGID (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance FabricSQLDB]

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

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Syntax

@@LANGID  

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)