Case sensitive database

Is there a way in sql server 2k, of making an existing database case sensiti
ve.
Thanks
AjayHi,
You can do it using ALter database statement, Sample is shown below to
convert to Case sentive, Accent sensitive.
Alter Database adm collate Latin1_General_CS_AS
Note:
No user should be accessing the database during this time.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Ajay" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way in sql server 2k, of making an existing database case

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sensitive.

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> Thanks
> Ajay

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|||Hari,
I executed this command but even after restarting the database, it is case i
nsensitive. I am trying the following in QA to verify case sensitivity.
declare @.p int
select @.P
Thanks
Ajay|||Ajay,
I believe that the case-sensitivity of variable names depends on the
collation of the SQL Server instance. You can check the database
collation with a table column identifier. Just in case it's a
consideration, changing the database collation will not change the
collation of existing varchar, char, text, or ntext columns, even if
they were declared with COLLATE database_default. Here's a repro that
shows both that changing the collation works, but that it doesn't change
column collations:
create database testAlterCollation collate Latin1_General_CI_AS
GO
use testAlterCollation
GO
create table t(i char(1) collate database_default primary key )
GO
insert into t values ('a')
insert into t values ('A')
GO
select I from t
GO
alter database testAlterCollation collate Latin1_General_CS_AS
GO
insert into t values ('A')
GO
select I from t
GO
use master
GO
drop database testAlterCollation
-- Steve Kass
-- Drew University
-- Ref: 55AC66F6-4FE2-43E1-9CCE-3536D7D7BA45
Ajay wrote:

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>Hari,
>I executed this command but even after restarting the database, it is case
insensitive. I am trying the following in QA to verify case sensitivity.
>declare @.p int
>select @.P
>Thanks
>Ajay
>

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|||Hi Ajay,
I agree with Steve. Just check with table column, there you can see the
difference.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Steve Kass" <skass@.drew.edu> wrote in message
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> Ajay,
> I believe that the case-sensitivity of variable names depends on the
> collation of the SQL Server instance. You can check the database
> collation with a table column identifier. Just in case it's a
> consideration, changing the database collation will not change the
> collation of existing varchar, char, text, or ntext columns, even if
> they were declared with COLLATE database_default. Here's a repro that
> shows both that changing the collation works, but that it doesn't change
> column collations:
> create database testAlterCollation collate Latin1_General_CI_AS
> GO
> use testAlterCollation
> GO
> create table t(i char(1) collate database_default primary key )
> GO
> insert into t values ('a')
> insert into t values ('A')
> GO
> select I from t
> GO
> alter database testAlterCollation collate Latin1_General_CS_AS
> GO
> insert into t values ('A')
> GO
> select I from t
> GO
> use master
> GO
> drop database testAlterCollation
> -- Steve Kass
> -- Drew University
> -- Ref: 55AC66F6-4FE2-43E1-9CCE-3536D7D7BA45
> Ajay wrote:
>
case insensitive. I am trying the following in QA to verify case
sensitivity.[QUOTE]
>

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