How to change the database collation

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How to change the database collation

Posted on 2 January 2012
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To change the collation of an database following commands can be used:

ALTER DATABASE [database name] SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

ALTER DATABASE [database name] COLLATE Newcollation

ALTER DATABASE [database name] SET MULTI_USER

For example , suppose if the name of your database is learningdb and you want to change the collation to the collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1257_CI_AS, then following commands can be used:-

ALTER DATABASE learningdb SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACKIMMEDIATE

ALTER DATABASE learningdb COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1257_CI_AS

ALTER DATABASE learningdb SET MULTI_USER