SELECT name as, collation_name FROM sys.databases SELECT convert(sysname, serverproperty(N'collation')) AS As you can see, it shows SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_A S.
We can check the collation for the instance through SSMS. Below we will see how to rebuild your system databases. You should be able to complete those before attempting this procedure.
This article will not cover steps 1, 2, and 3.
Run setup.exe command from a command prompt as shown below. Script maintenance plans, LOGINS and jobs because rebuilding the databases will reset everything. Take care of following steps if user databases are available: Below, I will show you an example how to change the collation from SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_A S to SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_A I. That could be easily possible with the help of the setup.exe command. You can change the collation by rebuilding the system databases. Yes, there is an easier and faster way to change the instance collation. Is there an easier way to change the instance collation which could save my time? I know it's just a matter of right clicking and making a change if I need to change that Database collation setting, however, at the instance level it's bit tricky. So, what should I do now? I only have a limited time left for the delivery of this instance.Įither I should uninstall and install from scratch, which could take hours. After finishing the installation, I realized that this SQL instance did not have the required collation. As a result, the SQL Server installed with the default collation. As usual, I ignored the collation setting during installation. Recently, however, I had a requirement from one application team to have a different collation. Now I may have a habit of hitting the Next button when I am on the collation page, simply ignoring it. SQL Server has huge list of collations for handling different languages. A collation is a configuration setting in SQL Server that determines how the database engine should read the data. Most of the time, I install the instance with the default collation. As a part of my DBA activities, I do a lot of SQL Server installations every week.
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