Hi Gurus,
I am looking for an easy option to change the collation of my SQLA10 DB from 'windows-1252' to 'UTF-08'.
I know that I can do it using unload, create new DB with 'UTF-08' and reload the data back into the new DB.
I have few challenges in doing so and trying to avoid this cumbersome process.
1. The no of database that need to be changed - around 1000
2. I found that this is not a easy and straightforward process and faced lot of errors during loading the data. e.g. right truncate of string data, foreign key errors.
3. The cost of supporting the users if any error occurs- As the no. of DB are huge, if any errors occur during the migration may lead to spend lot of time.
I need to know if anyone faced similar kind of issue and have any quick solution to handle it.
The reason I want to change collation to 'UTF-08' is to support Non-English characters in the DB and also have to export it into XML files.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Ramendra