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How to change database collation in SQL Server?
You can find the supported collation names in Windows Collation Name (Transact-SQL) and SQL Server Collation Name (Transact-SQL); or you can use the sys.fn_helpcollations (Transact-SQL) system function. When you change the database collation, you change the following:
What happens when I change the server level collation?
In this article we wil look at how to change the server level collation for a clustered SQL Server. When one changes the server collation he/she is rebuilding the system databases. This means you would lose references to user databases, jobs, SSIS packages, etc.
Can you alter the collate statement in Azure SQL?
ALTER DATABASE COLLATE statement on Azure SQL Database is not supported. Windows Unicode-only collations can only be used with the COLLATE clause to apply collations to the nchar, nvarchar, and ntext data types on column level and expression-level data.
What happens when you change the collation of a table?
When a database collation is changed, only new tables will inherit the new database collation by default. There are several alternatives to convert existing data to the new collation: Convert data in-place. To convert the collation for a column in an existing table, see Set or Change the Column Collation.
This means you would lose references to user databases, jobs, SSIS packages, etc. In order to avoid the loss of information and reduce downtime, it is mandatory that a step by step procedure is followed. On a side note the database collation can be changed using the command given below
Which is the only locale that gives you a SQL collation by default?
As Tom said, English (United States) is the only locale that gives you an SQL collation by default. There is all reason to override it. I have two Connect items in this area, one calling for a new default for US English, and one calling for no defaults at all.
Do you have to use the same version of SQL Server?
System Center Operations Manager databases must use the same version of SQL Server, the SQL Server collation setting must be one of the following supported types as described in that section, and SQL Server Full Text Search is required for both the operational and data warehouse databases.