diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/store/sql/DiskExecutorColumnCollationTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/store/sql/DiskExecutorColumnCollationTest.kt
index db19d41..6058c8b 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/store/sql/DiskExecutorColumnCollationTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/store/sql/DiskExecutorColumnCollationTest.kt
@@ -152,3 +152,159 @@ class DiskExecutorColumnCollationTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun explicitCollateInASetOperationsOrderByOverridesTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select(
+            "SELECT * FROM people WHERE id <= 2 UNION ALL SELECT * FROM people WHERE id > 2 ORDER BY name COLLATE BINARY"
+        )
+        assertEquals(listOf("Alice", "Bob", "Zoe", "bob"), result.rows.map { (it[1] as Value.TextValue).value })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun declaredCollationDoesNotReachThroughADerivedTableInASetOperationsLeftBranch() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select(
+            "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM people) sub WHERE id <= 2 " +
+                "UNION ALL SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM people) sub2 WHERE id > 2 " +
+                "ORDER BY name"
+        )
+        assertEquals(listOf("Alice", "Bob", "Zoe", "bob"), result.rows.map { (it[1] as Value.TextValue).value })
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.groupByDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun groupByDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select("SELECT name, COUNT(*) FROM people GROUP BY name ORDER BY name")
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("Alice" to 1L, "Bob" to 2L, "Zoe" to 1L).map { (name, count) -> listOf(Value.TextValue(name), int(count)) },
+            result.rows
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.selectDistinctDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun selectDistinctDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select("SELECT DISTINCT name FROM people ORDER BY name")
+        assertEquals(listOf("Alice", "Bob", "Zoe").map { listOf(Value.TextValue(it)) }, result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.selectDistinctStarDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun selectDistinctStarDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE tags (label TEXT COLLATE NOCASE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO tags VALUES ('Bob'), ('bob'), ('Alice')")
+        val result = db.select("SELECT DISTINCT * FROM tags ORDER BY label")
+        assertEquals(listOf("Alice", "Bob").map { listOf(Value.TextValue(it)) }, result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.selectDistinctOnDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun selectDistinctOnDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE people (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE, hits INTEGER)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO people VALUES (1, 'Bob', 10), (2, 'bob', 20), (3, 'Alice', 5)")
+        val result = db.select("SELECT DISTINCT ON (name) name, hits FROM people ORDER BY name, id")
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("Alice" to 5L, "Bob" to 10L).map { (name, hits) -> listOf(Value.TextValue(name), int(hits)) },
+            result.rows
+        )
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.countDistinctDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun countDistinctDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        assertEquals(int(3), db.select("SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT name) FROM people").rows.single().single())
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.plainUnionDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun plainUnionDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select("SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 1 UNION SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 2")
+        assertEquals(listOf(listOf(Value.TextValue("Bob"))), result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.intersectMatchesCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun intersectMatchesCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select("SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 1 INTERSECT SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 2")
+        assertEquals(listOf(listOf(Value.TextValue("Bob"))), result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.exceptExcludesCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun exceptExcludesCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.seedNames()
+        val result = db.select("SELECT name FROM people WHERE id IN (1, 4) EXCEPT SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 2")
+        assertEquals(listOf(listOf(Value.TextValue("Zoe"))), result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /** Mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.recursiveCteWithUnionDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation]. */
+    @Test
+    fun recursiveCteWithUnionDedupsCaseVariantsThroughTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE origin (name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO origin VALUES ('Bob')")
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE steps (name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE, next_name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO steps VALUES ('Bob', 'Carol'), ('Carol', 'bob')")
+        val result = db.select(
+            "WITH RECURSIVE walk(name) AS (" +
+                "SELECT name FROM origin " +
+                "UNION " +
+                "SELECT steps.next_name FROM steps JOIN walk ON steps.name = walk.name" +
+                ") SELECT name FROM walk ORDER BY name"
+        )
+        assertEquals(listOf(listOf(Value.TextValue("Bob")), listOf(Value.TextValue("Carol"))), result.rows)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * [DiskTable.rejectDuplicateUniqueConstraints] (declarative `UNIQUE`, heap-scanned on every
+     * write, no backing index) folded through [kestrel.engine.collationFoldedUniquenessKey] -
+     * mirrors [kestrel.ColumnCollationTest.uniqueConstraintHonorsTheColumnsDeclaredCollation].
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun declarativeUniqueConstraintHonorsTheColumnsDeclaredCollation() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE u1 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE UNIQUE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO u1 VALUES (1, 'Bob')")
+        assertFailsWith<DiskTableException> { db.run("INSERT INTO u1 VALUES (2, 'bob')") }
+    }
+
+    /** Control negative: a `UNIQUE` column with no declared `COLLATE` behaves exactly as before this session. */
+    @Test
+    fun declarativeUniqueConstraintWithNoDeclaredCollationStaysBinary() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE u3 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT UNIQUE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO u3 VALUES (1, 'Bob')")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO u3 VALUES (2, 'bob')")
+        assertEquals(2, db.select("SELECT id FROM u3").rows.size)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * [DiskTable.backfillSecondaryIndex]'s pre-existing-duplicate check, also folded through
+     * [kestrel.engine.collationFoldedUniquenessKey] - two rows already differing only by case
+     * under a `NOCASE`-declared column must now fail `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX` cleanly instead of
+     * silently building an index that lies about uniqueness.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun createUniqueIndexHonorsTheColumnsDeclaredCollationAgainstPreexistingRows() {
+        val db = newDatabase()
+        db.run("CREATE TABLE u2 (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT COLLATE NOCASE)")
+        db.run("INSERT INTO u2 VALUES (1, 'Bob'), (2, 'bob')")
+        assertFailsWith<DiskTableException> { db.run("CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idxU2 ON u2 (name)") }
+    }
+