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Author Change SQL 2000 Server 64bit collation
T Morris

2006-12-13, 7:12 pm

Please point me to the procedure for changing the collation sequence on 64bit
installation of SQL Server 2000 (SP4). I can't find anything in KB or BOL.

Thanks,
Tom
John Bell

2006-12-14, 5:25 am

Hi

Collations are a different levels, so there is not one place you will need
to change it. Changing the Collation of 64bit SQL Server is no different to
changing it on 32bit SQL Server. If this is a fresh install and you don't
have any databases to change then the best option is probably to re-install.
You can use rebuildm.exe to change the master database with a different
collation. Each database can have the collation changed using the ALTER
DATABASE command, this will not change the collation of existing columns that
have been set to the original collation. To do that you will need to run a
script that uses the ALTER TABLE command. If you the column are indexes or a
primary key, or have Foreign Keys pointing to them, the constraint will need
to be dropped. There are many threads on this for example
http://tinyurl.com/ky3q
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/arch...

Other links that may be useful:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/arch...

John

"T Morris" wrote:

> Please point me to the procedure for changing the collation sequence on 64bit
> installation of SQL Server 2000 (SP4). I can't find anything in KB or BOL.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom

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