DECLARE @OldCollation VARCHAR(100), @NewCollation VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @OldCollation = ‘SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS’,
@NewCollation=’Estonian_ci_as’;
WITH XChange (XColumn,XTable,XType,XLen)
as(
SELECT c.NAME ,
‘[' + SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) + '].[' + t.NAME + ']‘ ,
c.SYSTEM_type_id ,
c.max_length
FROM sys.columns c
JOIN sys.tables t ON c.OBJECT_ID = t.OBJECT_ID
WHERE
collation_name=@OldCollation
AND t.TYPE = ‘u’)
SELECT ‘ALTER TABLE ‘ + XTable
+ ‘ alter column [' + XColumn + '] ‘
+ CAST(TYPE_NAME(XType) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ‘(‘
+ CAST(XLen AS VARCHAR(10)) + ‘) collate ‘
+ @NewCollation + ‘;’
FROM XChange
where XType not in (35,99)
and XLen>0;

DECLARE @collationType VARCHAR(100)

SELECT @collationType = ‘Latin1_General_CI_AS’

DECLARE collationToChangeColumns CURSOR
FOR
SELECT colonne.NAME ,
‘[' + SCHEMA_NAME(schema_id) + '].[' + tabelle.NAME + ']‘ ,
colonne.SYSTEM_type_id ,
colonne.max_length
FROM sys.columns colonne
JOIN sys.tables tabelle
ON colonne.OBJECT_ID = tabelle.OBJECT_ID
WHERE collation_name @collationType
AND tabelle.TYPE = ‘u’

DECLARE @tableName AS VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @columnName AS VARCHAR(100)
DECLARE @typeID AS INT
DECLARE @maxLength AS INT
DECLARE @sqlString AS NVARCHAR(4000)

OPEN collationToChangeColumns
FETCH collationToChangeColumns INTO @columnName, @tableName, @typeID, @maxLength
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS -1
BEGIN
IF @typeID NOT IN ( 35, 99 )
BEGIN
IF @maxLength > 0
BEGIN
SET @sqlString = ‘ALTER TABLE ‘ + @tableName
+ ‘ alter column [' + @columnName + '] ‘
+ CAST(TYPE_NAME(@typeID) AS VARCHAR(20)) + ‘(‘
+ CAST(@maxLength AS VARCHAR(10)) + ‘) collate ‘
+ @collationType + ‘;’
PRINT @sqlString
END
END
FETCH collationToChangeColumns INTO @columnName, @tableName, @typeID,
@maxLength

END
CLOSE collationToChangeColumns
DEALLOCATE collationToChangeColumns

Sorry I cannot help you further.

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Data stored in Sql Server 2005
in a table the Column Consists Data in iscii Format how
Can i Show that data in specifeid Language

The Data was inserted using CDAC iplugin the Language Used is Telugu
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This is a very complex process that, depending on the size of your database, could be impossible to do manually. Here’s what needs to be done:

1. Identify all the columns which have incorrect collation values.
2. Identify all objects bound to above columns, including indexes, keys, checks and UDF’s,
3. Script out all of the above object DDL.
4. Drop all of the objects.
5. Update all the columns with the correct collation
6. Recreate all of the dropped objects using the DDL generated in step 3

Fortunately, I’ve written a set of scripts to do all this and have them documented and published here on the SQLAuthority site.

The following page should provide you with everything you need.
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/10/19/sql-server-change-collation-of-database-column-t-sql-script-consolidating-collations-extention-script/

Hope this helps.

‘alter database testCollationChange
collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS ‘

Is anyother script?

both columns are character date type

Thanks a lot Brian!

If they are string based types, try the following:

SELECT ITEMNMBR
FROM IV00101 i
LEFT JOIN CRMLINKED.CRMDB.dbo.ProductBase p
ON p.productnumber COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS = i.ITEMNMBR
WHERE p.productnumber IS NULL

i modified the query like this

SELECT ITEMNMBR
FROM IV00101
WHERE
ITEMNMBR NOT IN ( select productnumber from CRMLINKED.CRMDB.dbo.ProductBase where productnumber COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS )

but still got the error
Cannot resolve the collation conflict between “Modern_Spanish_CI_AI” and “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS” in the equal to operation.

any other ideas please

thanks a lot

but i got this error
Cannot resolve the collation conflict between “Modern_Spanish_CI_AI” and “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS” in the equal to operation.

i even put at the end COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

but i still got the same error
it’s not posible to change the collations of the DBs

could you help me please

thanks a lot

Is it possible to set a collation sequence on a schema so all tables within that schema are case-sensitive, whereas rest of database is case-insensitive?

Cheers
Gordon

There are a couple of edits you’ll probably need to make to the individual scripts, for example, the collation you intend to use. The scripts have Latin1_General_CI_AS hard-coded.

Read all the accompanying documentation. Hopefully it will answer any questions you have about how to implement these.

And of course, if you have additional questions, my email is posted in the article.

Here it is… Enjoy.

Brian

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2009/10/19/sql-server-change-collation-of-database-column-t-sql-script-consolidating-collations-extention-script/

Unfortunately, the documentation is only from my POV, and has NOT been beta tested against the masses.

I am emailing the article to Pinal Dave along with the scripts, but I have no control over when he has the time to review and publish.

For those of you that have urgent needs… you’ve got to realize, your email address is NOT posted, nor is mine. The back-end of Pinal’s blog filters out email address in posts. No way for me to know where to send. So, if time is of the essence, be a little diligent and refer to my posts on March 2nd and September 12th. My email address is obfuscated in the CONVERT() statement. Just copy and paste it in a Q/A window.