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Retrospectively Changing Collation of Table

  • March 20, 2014 at 8:09 am

    #284762

    Hi

    Is it possible to change the collation of a specific table within a database retrospectively? Or do I need to use the ALTER statement on each individual column? (var, varchar etc.)

  • March 20, 2014 at 8:16 am

    #1698700

    Tables don't have a collation. Columns have a collation, so to change the collation on one or more columns in a table, you need to run ALTER TABLE.. ALTER COLUMN on each column you want to change

    Gail Shaw
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  • March 20, 2014 at 8:26 am

    #1698706

    Thank you for the clarification.

    Also, am I right in thinking I can only change for columns which have char, varchar, text, nchar, nvarchar, and ntext as their datatype?

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