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cappyoak
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Posted - 2005-08-15 : 11:42:29
I'm using DotNetNuke (DNN3) as a web development tool, and it doesn't install properly in Latin1_BIN collation.

My Production servers which will be passed information from a remote SQL server on a Web Host (The DNN3 Machine) is in Binary Sort order. Will there be problems when information is passed between the 2?

Server 1
Web Host
SQL Sever 2000 SP 4
Collation - Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Sever2
Production SQL
SQL Sever 2000 SP 4
Colation - Latin1_BIN

Contact information will be entered into a registration page on Server one. This will be passed programatically to Server 2 via xml and trigger workflow on that machine.

Has anyone had any experience with transfering information between 2 unmatched collated SQL Servers? Is it possible? Are there Issues I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2005-08-15 : 16:36:28
It's possible but can cause a lot of problems.
columns that are unique on one server might not be on the other.
columns that are equal on one server might not be on the other.
Also cross collation queries can cause problems - I have one where the ascii value for a tab wouldn't set to the tab stop if the first character in the query - fine everytwhere else or if the databases joined were the same collation or if I used a tab rather than the ascii code.

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