Erick Sasse wrote:

> You smelled right. ;)
> I really want to avoid creating a new db and pumping data.
>
> If I do the bulk update, backup, restore and don't get any errors, I
> should be ok, right?
>
>

It's easier than it looks at first sight.

I would not use a quick and dirty method if I have one that is safe. The
problems you will avoid is far greater than the time you will save.

If you have defined domains you only need to change in a dozen of places
and the pump process is not that slow. And you always could read your
favorite blog while the data is pumping around...

Now the problem I had encountered in my saga...

You will have some invalid data (violation of unique constraints) with
the new accent/case insensitive collation.

Let's suppose you have an Unique Constraint on People.Name, then you
have "José", "JOSÉ", "Jose" and "JOSE", all are unique in a case/accent
sensitive collation, once you change it to PT_BR you will get Unique
Constraints violations, so the data pump process will be the easiest
problem you will have to solve :-)

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br