How to change the collation of all field in all table of a databas

when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation conflict for
equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different for
two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table of a
database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
Thx!!kei
ALTER TABLE....ALTER COLUMN......
For more details please refer to the BOL.
"kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation conflict
> for
> equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different for
> two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table of
> a
> database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
> Thx!!|||Meanwhile, you can specify collation in the join statement. Check for
COLLATE.
MC
"kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation conflict
> for
> equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different for
> two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table of
> a
> database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
> Thx!!|||But no method to change the collation of all field in all table of a
database? if sepcify collation in the join statement, then all sql statement
need to use such method, quite trouble...
I know there is alter column..., but I also know this method can't work on
primary, foreign key, index field..., right?
"MC" wrote:
> Meanwhile, you can specify collation in the join statement. Check for
> COLLATE.
> MC
>
> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1678D16D-092D-4AB6-AEAD-260F710E3AEC@.microsoft.com...
> > when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation conflict
> > for
> > equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different for
> > two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table of
> > a
> > database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
> > Thx!!
>
>|||kei
Have you checked it?
"kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> But no method to change the collation of all field in all table of a
> database? if sepcify collation in the join statement, then all sql
> statement
> need to use such method, quite trouble...
> I know there is alter column..., but I also know this method can't work on
> primary, foreign key, index field..., right?
> "MC" wrote:
>> Meanwhile, you can specify collation in the join statement. Check for
>> COLLATE.
>> MC
>>
>> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1678D16D-092D-4AB6-AEAD-260F710E3AEC@.microsoft.com...
>> > when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation
>> > conflict
>> > for
>> > equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different
>> > for
>> > two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table
>> > of
>> > a
>> > database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
>> > Thx!!
>>|||I still don't know the answer, could you write more explicit? I check
"Changing Collations" in BOL, and it only teach how to change collation for
one column only, and with limitation that if the column is an index..., then
the method is not work, so could you write the solution more clearly.
Thx!!
"Uri Dimant" wrote:
> kei
> Have you checked it?
>
> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76EABC8C-E8BA-4161-A8FA-24E98AD79A47@.microsoft.com...
> > But no method to change the collation of all field in all table of a
> > database? if sepcify collation in the join statement, then all sql
> > statement
> > need to use such method, quite trouble...
> > I know there is alter column..., but I also know this method can't work on
> > primary, foreign key, index field..., right?
> >
> > "MC" wrote:
> >
> >> Meanwhile, you can specify collation in the join statement. Check for
> >> COLLATE.
> >>
> >> MC
> >>
> >>
> >> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1678D16D-092D-4AB6-AEAD-260F710E3AEC@.microsoft.com...
> >> > when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation
> >> > conflict
> >> > for
> >> > equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is different
> >> > for
> >> > two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all table
> >> > of
> >> > a
> >> > database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
> >> > Thx!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>|||You need to alter each column that has text datatype (varchar, char....).
Alternatively, you can script your database in enterprise manager and
specify 7.0 compatibility. That should give you script without collations.
Then you could execute that script and you get empty database. All thats
left for you is transfer data....
MC
"kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I still don't know the answer, could you write more explicit? I check
> "Changing Collations" in BOL, and it only teach how to change collation
> for
> one column only, and with limitation that if the column is an index...,
> then
> the method is not work, so could you write the solution more clearly.
> Thx!!
> "Uri Dimant" wrote:
>> kei
>> Have you checked it?
>>
>> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:76EABC8C-E8BA-4161-A8FA-24E98AD79A47@.microsoft.com...
>> > But no method to change the collation of all field in all table of a
>> > database? if sepcify collation in the join statement, then all sql
>> > statement
>> > need to use such method, quite trouble...
>> > I know there is alter column..., but I also know this method can't work
>> > on
>> > primary, foreign key, index field..., right?
>> >
>> > "MC" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Meanwhile, you can specify collation in the join statement. Check for
>> >> COLLATE.
>> >>
>> >> MC
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "kei" <kei@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1678D16D-092D-4AB6-AEAD-260F710E3AEC@.microsoft.com...
>> >> > when I join two table, I got the error "Cannot resolve collation
>> >> > conflict
>> >> > for
>> >> > equal to operation.", I know this is due to the collation is
>> >> > different
>> >> > for
>> >> > two table, so I want to write a script to change all field in all
>> >> > table
>> >> > of
>> >> > a
>> >> > database to use the same collation, how to write that script?
>> >> > Thx!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>