The title says it all. I've used ALTER DATABASE, and ALTER TABLE...ALTER COLUMN to change all my character fields from 'Compatibility_42_409_30003' to the default I want ('Latin1_General_CI_AI') on databases converted from SQL7. Now I just have these ntext fields to change...
Al
I use Chinese Windows XP+SQL 2005 express+Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
In aspnet_Profile table , the Collation of PropertyValuesString field is <database default>
I hope to replace <database default> with SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS ,but I get the following error, why?
The following error was encountered while changing the collation:
Setting for Length must be from 16 to 16.
I changed the default collation of a database and every table within that except sysDiagrams , which I can't even through the designer .
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Version:Â Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) - 11.0.3000.0 (X64)Â Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.2 <X64> (Build 9200):
We are using SQLCMD to run DDL script on our product database in below order. That script has below content.
step # 1 - database collation change (case -sensitive) statement as very first statement of the script
step # 2 - Actual DDL SQL statements
step # 3 - database collation change back to original (case insensitive)
When we execute all above 3 steps in single script using SQLCMD on our test_server#1 , it is successful but when same is being implemented on test_ server#2 , it is failing.We ensured that there is no other user accessing the db and setting on both the server are all default/basic. Separating out all 3 steps in 3 different script working fine. This is only problem when we combine them into single script and fire it using SQLCMD. If it is something related to session/transaction then we should hit same issue on our test_server#1 server as well but that is not the case.test_server#1 and test_server#2 has exact same database/data, just two different physical machine & SQL Server instance.
I'm using DTS to import data from an Access memo field into a SQL Server ntext field. DTS is only importing the first 255 characters of the memo field and truncating the rest.I'd appreciate any insights into what may be causing this problem, and what I can do about it.Thanks in advance for any help!
View 4 Replies View RelatedFor some reasons I have to use a ntext field for both small strings like "10" and large binalry files.
I need to sort the field to some extend to present the small strings on a sorted nice way - answers to " What country are you from" etc.
To trick the sorting I use a calculated field:
ORDER BY RSort - where Rsort is:
convert(varchar(4), RD.response) as RSort
It works but put a high load on the SQL server when the number of responses increases.
I though of making a non clustered index based on the calculated field, but is not sure that it will work as intended.
What do I do. The last thing would be to change the ntext to vchar(3800) or something like that. :confused:
I have a live SQL 2005 database that has ntext fields, when the ntext fields go over 4000 chars the record can no longer be edited. It throws a string or binary data would be truncated error. I tried turning text in row OFF, but it did not work. Can anyone forsee any problems with changing the ntext fields to nvarchar(max) in the live database? Also, I came across sp_tableoption N'MyTable', 'large value types out of row', 'ON', does this work for ntext also? sp_tableoption N'MyTable', 'text in row', 'OFF' did not do anything.Any help would be appreciated.
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I assume just changing the datatype - is not the way to go?
Hi,
I'm currently working with a SQLServer instance that uses a case insensitive collation. In this instance we have a number of user databases that are created without COLLATE and hence 'inherits' the same collation as the SQL Server is installed with.
I have searched the forum and understand that I need to rebuild the master db in order to change the 'default' collation. However, I do not need to change the collation on the user databases that exist. I would just like to make sure that all new databases are created using the new collation. Can I rebuild the master database without loosing my existing user databases? And if so, will they run OK using case insensitive collation, if the master is using case sensitive?
Thanks in advance
//Roger
Its not dark yet, but it's getting there...
Is there any TSQL statement that I can run to change my collation from:
SQL_Latin_General_CP1_CS_AS to SQL_Latin_General_CP1_CI_AS
I rather not have to recreate the databases if i can avoid it.
Thanks all in advance.
I created a new server registration under my SQL Server Group. After creating the registration via EM, I looked under properties and the collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CI_AS. It needs to be Latin1_General_BIN because this is the collation order in the production server. Please bear in mind that I am not a DBA and this is all new to me, but unfortunately I'm the one who has to fix this. Please keep the terms simple in any response. Thanks.
hi all... how can i change the collation of a table that i dynamically created during runtime??i wanna change the default collation to Arabic
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View 2 Replies View RelatedProblem is, the database collation is "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and some fields of some tables have the collation "Latin1_General_CI_AS". You know the Problem ... ;-)
As I don't want to change the columns one by one, I want to ask how can I change collation of all column in a table by 1 Transact SQL? Or how can I change the collation of all the tables?
Thanks, ON
i'm getting an error
[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and "Hebrew_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.
How can I change these tables to have the saem collation? I did not purposely make it different.
Hi Guys is there a way to change the Collation after a SQL Server has been installed.
Its currently set to.
Latin1_General_CI_AS_KS_WS
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I'm using SQl Server 2005 and I need to know how can I change all table's column collation to the database default....It's too $%¨& to enter table by table and check if it's with other collate and then change...
Thanks
Hello All,
Maybe a stupid question but I'm new to the db admin work so please bear with me.
I've imported an Access db into SQL, in the Access db the field type was 'memo' to accomodate the large amount of text (on avg ruffly 4100 chars. with spaces). Now in SQL the field in the table I have set up as an ntext field, which I understood to be equivalent to a memo field in Access.
My problem is when saving data to the field the first time it saves all the data correctly with the exception of the field in question. The data in the field is '<LongText>', now when I try to update the data in the table I get a 'Data Truncated' error message and no update takes place throughout the table.
After testing this and trying different things, I've found that if I shorten this one field and try to save to the db I still get the 'Data Truncated' error message. If I shorten the data in the field AND delete the record from the SQL table then it will save just fine from there on out (which won't work for the reports).
I'm not sure what I'm missing here to get this to work the way it did in Access.
There have been several threads about changing a database's collation but none have come up with an easy answer before.
The suggestion before was to create an empty database with the correct collation and then copy the data across.
However this is hard work as you have to populate tables in a specific order in order not to violate foreign keys etc. You can't just dts the whole data.
There follows scripts we have written to do the job. If people use them, please could you add to this thread whether they worked successfully or not.
Firstly we change the default collation, then change all the types in the database to match the new collation.
===================
--script to change database collation - James Agnini
--
--Replace <DATABASE> with the database name
--Replace <COLLATION> with the collation, eg SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
--
--After running this script, run the script to rebuild all indexes
ALTER DATABASE <DATABASE> COLLATE <COLLATION>
exec sp_configure 'allow updates',1
go
reconfigure with override
go
update syscolumns
set collationid = (select top 1 collationid from systypes where systypes.xtype=syscolumns.xtype)
where collationid <> (select top 1 collationid from systypes where systypes.xtype=syscolumns.xtype)
go
exec sp_configure 'allow updates',0
go
reconfigure with override
go
===================
As we have directly edited system tables, we need to run a script to rebuild all the indexes. Otherwise you will get strange results like comparing strings in different table not working.
The indexes have to actually be dropped and recreated in separate statements.
You can't use DBCC DBREINDEX or create index with the DROP_EXISTING option as they won't do anything(thanks to SQL Server "optimization").
This script loops through the tables and then loops through the indexes and unique constraints in separate sections. It gets the index information and drops and re-creates it.
(The script could probably be tidied up with the duplicate code put into a stored procedure).
====================
--Script to rebuild all table indexes, Version 0.1, May 2004 - James Agnini
--
--Database backups should be made before running any set of scripts that update databases.
--All users should be out of the database before running this script
print 'Rebuilding indexes for all tables:'
go
DECLARE @Table_Name varchar(128)
declare @Index_Name varchar(128)
declare @IndexId int
declare @IndexKey int
DECLARE Table_Cursor CURSOR FOR
select TABLE_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables where table_type != 'VIEW'
OPEN Table_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM Table_Cursor
INTO @Table_Name
--loop through tables
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
print ''
print @Table_Name
DECLARE Index_Cursor CURSOR FOR
select indid, name from sysindexes
where id = OBJECT_ID(@Table_Name) and indid > 0 and indid < 255 and (status & 64)=0 and
not exists(Select top 1 NULL from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
where TABLE_NAME = @Table_Name AND (CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' or CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'UNIQUE') and
CONSTRAINT_NAME = name)
order by indid
OPEN Index_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM Index_Cursor
INTO @IndexId, @Index_Name
--loop through indexes
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
declare @SQL_String varchar(256)
set @SQL_String = 'drop index '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Table_Name + '.' + @Index_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ';create '
if( (select INDEXPROPERTY ( OBJECT_ID(@Table_Name) , @Index_Name , 'IsUnique')) =1)
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + 'unique '
if( (select INDEXPROPERTY ( OBJECT_ID(@Table_Name) , @Index_Name , 'IsClustered')) =1)
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + 'clustered '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + 'index '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Index_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ' on '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Table_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + '('
--form column list
SET @IndexKey = 1
-- Loop through index columns, INDEX_COL can be from 1 to 16.
WHILE @IndexKey <= 16 and INDEX_COL(@Table_Name, @IndexId, @IndexKey)
IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
IF @IndexKey != 1
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ','
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + index_col(@Table_Name, @IndexId, @IndexKey)
SET @IndexKey = @IndexKey + 1
END
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ')'
print @SQL_String
EXEC (@SQL_String)
FETCH NEXT FROM Index_Cursor
INTO @IndexId, @Index_Name
end
CLOSE Index_Cursor
DEALLOCATE Index_Cursor
--loop through unique constraints
DECLARE Contraint_Cursor CURSOR FOR
select indid, name from sysindexes
where id = OBJECT_ID(@Table_Name) and indid > 0 and indid < 255 and (status & 64)=0 and
exists(Select top 1 NULL from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
where TABLE_NAME = @Table_Name AND CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'UNIQUE' and CONSTRAINT_NAME = name)
order by indid
OPEN Contraint_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM Contraint_Cursor
INTO @IndexId, @Index_Name
--loop through indexes
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
set @SQL_String = 'alter table '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Table_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ' drop constraint '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Index_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + '; alter table '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Table_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ' WITH NOCHECK add constraint '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + @Index_Name
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ' unique '
if( (select INDEXPROPERTY ( OBJECT_ID(@Table_Name) , @Index_Name , 'IsClustered')) =1)
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + 'clustered '
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + '('
--form column list
SET @IndexKey = 1
-- Loop through index columns, INDEX_COL can be from 1 to 16.
WHILE @IndexKey <= 16 and INDEX_COL(@Table_Name, @IndexId, @IndexKey)
IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
IF @IndexKey != 1
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ','
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + index_col(@Table_Name, @IndexId, @IndexKey)
SET @IndexKey = @IndexKey + 1
END
set @SQL_String = @SQL_String + ')'
print @SQL_String
EXEC (@SQL_String)
FETCH NEXT FROM Contraint_Cursor
INTO @IndexId, @Index_Name
end
CLOSE Contraint_Cursor
DEALLOCATE Contraint_Cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM Table_Cursor
INTO @Table_Name
end
CLOSE Table_Cursor
DEALLOCATE Table_Cursor
print ''
print 'Finished, Please check output for errors.'
====================
Any comments are very welcome.
Dear All,
I am facing one problem when I am trying to create some stored procedures,
Msg 468, Level 16, State 9, Procedure SG_GET_USER_SECTOR_POSITION, Line 11
Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "Arabic_CI_AS" and "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.
Msg 468, Level 16, State 9, Procedure SG_GETRANKLIST, Line 4
Cannot resolve the collation conflict between "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" and "Arabic_CI_AS" in the equal to operation.
I need to change these collation settings, please help me how to change them.
thanks & regards,
Shahbaz.
Pls, any one help me regarding the how to change the collation name of the server in SQL server 2005.
In SQL server 2000 we can do with rebuildm.exe, like that is there any one.
Thanks in advance
I am trying to change the "Server collation" for the all SQL 2000 server without uninstall SQL Server 2000 and reinstall it.
Is there any way for it or not. Thanks.
Hi All,
I will be doing stress test for my app.
Loading thousands of records to the DB through bulk insert.
There's one field NText which I have left NULL because it will be hard to gen dummy flat file to it.
I have another table which has the Ntext Value which i will want to copy and duplicate to the other table.
what is the way to do it?
simply said i want to update a record with NULL value from one table with NText field with the value from another table..
I am trying to view all the ntext from a profiler trace. The data istruncated at 256 and I am not sure why... The max length is 1820 viathis command:select max(datalength(textdata)) from "monitor forms usage"where textdata like '%gforms%' .I then issueset textsize 8000select (textdata) from "monitor forms usage" where textdata like'%gforms%' and datalength(textdata) >1800and still only 256 is returned. this is true even if I redirect theoutput to a file.Any ideas on how a humble man like me can see all of the data.Mike--Posted via http://dbforums.com
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The comment is like: "standard text ABCDE : $99.99" but can have multiple "ABCDE"s, e.g. "standard text ABCDE FGH IJKL $999.99" and I found some that had duplicates like "standard text standard text...".
I want to be able to report in SSRS 2005 by grouping the "ABCDE", "FGH", "IJKL" items.
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HiWhen we installed SqlServer2000 we left the default collation name(Sql_Latin1_General_CPI_CI_AS).The user defined databases we created afterwards were defined with adifferent collation name in order to be able to accept the character setwe use, Hebrew.We are looking into switching DTSs that we use to copy data from ourmain system , that uses an Ingres database, into OSQL scripts. Althoughthe DTSs successfully copy the Hebrew letters when I copy data with OSQLit comes over as jibberish.After looking into the matter I came to the conclusion that while DTSrefers to specific databases and uses the destination database'scollation name , OSQL refers to the remote server and destination serverand therefore uses the collation name of the server and not of thedatabase. In order for it to successfully copy the Hebrew I need tochange the default collation name of the installation.Is "rebuild master" the way to do such a thing ? (this is a productionserver so we are wary of doing a "rebuild master")Has anyone else run into similar problems when transfering data betweenservers using OSQL ?ThanksDavid Greenberg
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View 1 Replies View RelatedThe default collation for SSISDB is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. I had a question from a client today who asked if its possible to change it to French_CI_AS as they have issues with importing data from flat files using SSIS package. The issue they are facing is with different french characters and also numeric values with a scale... All their "user" databases are French_CI_AS as is the Instance collation.I'm guessing its not supported to change the collation of SSISDB as when i attempted on a "test" instance i get.
The object 'dm_execution_performance_counters' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.The object 'get_database_principals' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Folder_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Project_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Environment_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.The object 'CK_Operation_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.ALTER DATABASE failed. The default collation of database 'SSISDB' cannot be set to French_CI_AS. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 507
If its not possible to change the collation of SSISDB, Adding collate statement to each join in the ssis package??I cant find anything in documentation about this but maybe overlooked something...Â
Hi,
Can anybody tell me how to append data to ntext field?
Joydeep
I need help on replace char in ntext data type
Here is the example data
<qMultipleChoice><qText>The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off
20on.</qText><qChoice>Strongly20Disagree</qChoice><qChoice>Disagree
</qChoice><qChoice>Agree</qChoice><qChoice>Strongly%20Agree</qCh
I want result look like this
First Column:The AE Understands what conditions the Account Manager is allowed to sign-off.
Second Column: Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
This is what i had so far
Select (SUBSTRING(QuestionText, (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7),(PATINDEX(N'%</qText>%', QuestionText) - (PATINDEX(N'%<qText>%', QuestionText) + 7)))) From tblQuestion
my result:
The%20AE%20understands%20what%20conditions%20the%2 0Account%20Manager%20is%20allowed%20to%20sign-off%20on.
I have problem with replace '%20' and how to make the second column.
Any Help?
Thanks
Shan
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Summary:The problem is that the temporary variable I am using (nvarchar) is too small to contain the robust size that the SQL is concating into it. The final field it winds up in is a text field and will be able to handle the amount of data, its just getting the data there is the issue..... Your thoughts please....
Our SQL Server 2008 r2 has collation Latin general.
And my database 'DB1' , 'DB2' has collation set to Japanese unicode.
My sql team has informed they cannot change system collation as it hosts other db's as well.
My Query: What will be the impact of changing collation from JP to Latin.