Installing SQL Server

  •  I am installing SQL 2000 and selecting a custom installation. I need to change the langauge to British English but cannot seem to find this in the installation screen. The windows local is setup properly (to British English on a Windows 2003 server). if I select the properties in Enterprise manager of the instance you can see that the language is set to English (United States) on the GENERAL tab. On the Server Settings tab the option (default langauge for user) can be set correctly to British English. This is also the option that can be set using sp_configure but nowhere can I find the option to change the general tab "setting". Is this a red herring by any chance? I ask as if I run the following all looks well....

     select name ,alias, dateformat

       from syslanguages

          where langid =

          (select value from master..sysconfigures

             where comment = 'default language')

        

    the valuse returned are;

    British, British English, DMY

    Can anyone please help as I need to be sure and this is driving me mad.

    thanks in advance.

    Mike

     

       

    This is basic I know but I can't seem to find the option to change this.

  • From Books Online (BOL):

    How to set the default language (Enterprise Manager)

    To set the default language

    1. Expand a server group.
    2. Right-click a server, and then click Properties.
    3. Click the Server Settings tab.
    4. In the Default language for user box, choose the language in which Microsoft® SQL Server™ should display system messages.

      The default language is English.

    Andy

  • so...not actually reading the question before replying then.....not very useful

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