I am using SQL Server 2008. In ServerProperty function, there are two properties called “Collation” and “CollationID”. In some cases, I will only know the CollationID. Is it possible get the collation name from the CollationID? Is there a function called CollationNameFromID?
Is there a way (besides "ALTER DATABASE COLLATE ...") to change collation name for the whole database? I tried to use the "ALTER DATABASE" command, but it didn't work. And I wouldn't like to run "ALTER COLUMN" commands for over 100 tables.
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 + '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 '
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Source File Name: remotemessageliboverlappedpipelistener.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Sat Oct 7 09:43:54 2006 Function Name: sqls:verlappedPipeListener::writePipe Source Line Number: 294
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Source File Name: sqlchainingsqlchainingactions.cpp Compiler Timestamp: Thu Nov 16 20:32:00 2006 Function Name: sqls::ReportChainingResults:erform Source Line Number: 3667
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Recently we had multiple production failures because one database was in single-user mode. I am trying to recreate this scenario to write a script that will kick out that connection that was holding database in single-user.In SSMS window 1 I run the following code:
use master go alter database test set single_user with rollback immediate
[code]....
Yes, it shows one record, but the database name is master, not test. And indeed, I run it from the context of master. Also tried sp_who, sp_who2, sys.dm_exec_requests - nothing works. For dm_exec_requests it shows nothing because it does not run at the current moment.Any other solutions to catch this SPID with a script?
I need a SQL Server 2005 SP2 instance with a collation of SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2. After installing SP2, the collation is SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN, and none of the patches I can find seem to want to work (they are all apparently written for SQL Server 2000).
We have a SQLSERVER database that is replicated to many users.We are currently in an expansion phase where we need to make changesto the server database. Each time we rollout a new release, we aredeleting the local replicating database and recreating.Is there any way to automatically transfer the changes from the serverto existing local database without deleting?
Scenario Recently moved a SQL2000 database to SQL2005. Collation on SQL 2000 database server was SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS Colaltion on SQL 2005 database server is Latin1_General_CI_AS
After restoring the SQL 2000 database on SQL 2005 we observed that the database collation was SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. We have altered the database collation to Latin1_General_CI_AS. We understand this will work for all new objects created on the database but existing objects (prior to the collation change) will continue to have the 'SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS' collation.
What is the best method to change the collation of the older columns to 'Latin1_General_CI_AS' - 1) Run ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN <colname> <datatype> COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS <nullability> on each varchar/char column
or
2) For each table BCP out data DROP TABLE RECREATE TABLE (taking the new collation Latin1_General_CI_AS) BCP in data
Can the collation used by SSIS be changed or influenced during install or run time? We have found that our databases, that use a mandatory "LATIN1_GENERAL_BIN", have incorrect SSIS Merge Join output. Changing our database collation in testing didn't make a difference. What matters is the data. Which Windows collation is SSIS using?
put in a Sort task before the Merge Join task as setting advanced properties isn't enough (as described by Eric Johnson here --> [URL] ......
We are using 64-bit SQL Server 2008 R2 w/ SP1 in Windows Server 2008 R2 ENT w/ SP1.
UPDATE from ETL team: Explicitly ordering the source with "COLLATE Latin1_General_CS_AS" seems to have the same effect as using a separate sort task. We don't feel that we can rely on our findings, however, unless we have documentation that this collation is what is behind SSIS.
We ran into weird/interesting issue with below details.
Version: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) - 11.0.3000.0 (X64) 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 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?
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.
Problem 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?
[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.
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...
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...
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.
best way to track changes for a very pesky table.We pull down a table from an Oracle database (via linked server) into our SQL Server on a daily basis. The data in this table is just truncated and reloaded daily. There is no "history" kept in the oracle database and values are not being "updated" its just dropped and repopulated.
So, I have toyed around with CDC and even creating my own custom auditing method but I can't come up with a reasonable solution that doesn't involve a massive audit table that doesn't provide much useful info.
For example, there are two date fields in the table that my customer wishes to have history tracked for. Every day, this table is truncated and reloaded - however those dates may stay the same for many many many months. If I turn on CDC, I will get tons of audit records for a delete and an insert every day but the values for the two date fields may not have even changed.
The table has tons of fields in it but I only care about the 2 date fields for history purposes.Here is a snippet of the table (I took out all the additional fields in the table and just left the two date fields that need to be tracked):
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Fake_Name]( [lin] [char](6) NOT NULL, [boip_no] [char](6) NOT NULL, [dt_tc] [varchar](25) NULL,
[Code] .....
method to track changes to this table with it being truncated every day?
Currently we have SQL instance on C: drive.We are now going to upgrade SQL Server 2008 RTM to SQL 2008 SP4.Can we change the path of SQL instance during upgrade?What services need to be stopped during upgrade.
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
Hi,If I have a database with collation Sequence X and I change thecollation sequence of database to Collation Sequence Y , do I have tomigrate the data of tables with collation Sequence X to collationSequence Y or SQl server takes care of migrating the data internally.Thanks in advance.-Kalyan
The 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...
I've restored a SQL Server 2000 database with a Latin1_General_BIN collation from a .dmp file to a SQL Server 2005 server with a default collation of SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. When I try to change the database collation I get hundreds of the following error:
The object 'CK_PM10200_GLPOSTD_00AF8CF' is dependent on database collation. So, in this case, is it even possible to change the collation if there are objects in the database that are dependent on it?