In SQL Server 2000, when SERVERPROPERTY('LCID') is run on binary collation servers, the function always returns a value of ...

In SQL Server 2000, when SERVERPROPERTY('LCID') is run on binary collation servers, the function always returns a value of 33280, regardless of the actual collation of the server. In SQL Server 2005 or later versions, SERVERPROPERTY('LCID') returns the Windows locale identifier (LCID) that corresponds to the collation of the server.