The Impact of Changing Collations
When a business grows internationally, its database system must support multilingual characters in tables through the use of Unicode data types. This white paper explores the amount of time that it takes to change a table column from a non-Unicode data type to a Unicode data type, along with changing the collation of the database. Use this information to calculate how long it takes to alter large tables.
Source: Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices November 2007
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Best Practices for Migrating Non-Unicode Data Types to Unicode
The database system in a company that is growing internationally must support multilingual characters in tables with Unicode data types. Existing databases that support only non-Unicode information must be migrated from non-Unicode data type to Unicode data type. This paper summarizes best practices for migrating database systems from non-Unicode to Unicode data type.
Source: Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices January 2008
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