Question : How do I change the collating sequence properties at both the database and sql engine level for both SQL 2000 and 2005?

The vendor of an application running on SQL Server 2000 and 2005 (two different installations) now requires a different coallating sequence both for the database and the server than was set at installation.
What are the steps to do this in SQL 2000?
What are the steps to do this in SQL 2005?
Are there any processes needed after the settings are changed to convert the database?
I am not proficient in SQL Server Admin so detail steps are needed.

Answer : How do I change the collating sequence properties at both the database and sql engine level for both SQL 2000 and 2005?

Hi wmlbill,

This is a big change.  Collations appear on the servers, database and columns within tables as a default columns will take the database collation and databases the server collation.  If you need to change all of these there is significant work to do, this is not to be undertaken likely I would find out from the vendor why there is a change required before proceeding.

To change the collation of a column (this must be repeated for each column) you can see details here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190273.aspx

To change the collation of a database use these details (this will not change the collation of the columns in existing databases though):
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190273.aspx

To change the collation for a server you must rebuild the system databases:
SQL 2000: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa214789(SQL.80).aspx
SQL 2005: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179254.aspx