Re install sql server

  • I am re installing my sql server enterprise due to collation conflicts errors.

    1. Dettach all databases

    2.install sql server

    3.Attach all databases

    Please Let me know if in need to keep track of anything before uninstalling sql server.

    Also is there any script that attach all the databases which has mutlple files for each db.

  • I hope u've already planned but thought it worthwhile to mention here.

    1. Are you going to restore msdb from backup? If not, you might want to script out all ur jobs and then apply the script to the new installation.

    2. Since u're reinstalling because of collation changes which are stored in master, i rule out the possibility that u'll be restoring master database. In this scenario, script out ur logins.



    Pradeep Singh

  • do i need to update statistics after attaching databases and anything else to be done?

  • under Latin1_General what is the option i have to select to get

    Latin1_General_CI_AS

    Option are

    Binary

    CAse-sensitive

    Accent - sensitive

    Binary- code point

    Kana-sensitive

    Width-sensitive

  • Tara (6/17/2009)


    do i need to update statistics after attaching databases and anything else to be done?

    That wont be necessary as you will be restoring the databases on the same version of sql server. If you were upgrading from say 2000, you might need to update the statistics.

    DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS (table_name , index_name)

    will show you when the statistics for a particular index on a table were updated. Generally this should not be a cause of concern. Check if auto update statistics is turned ON on ur database.

    under Latin1_General what is the option i have to select to get

    Latin1_General_CI_AS

    Generally Latin1_General_CI_AS collation settings supports wide range of languages. If you're using english as ur default language, then leave it as default. The list of entire collation settings for various languages is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143508.aspx

    You may want to refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143515(SQL.90).aspx"> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143515(SQL.90).aspx for various sort orders. Leave it to defaults if you're using english and if you're not upgrading.

    For backward compatibility, you may want to use SQL Collation.



    Pradeep Singh

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