Hello,
The default collation for SSISDB is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS.
I had a question from a client today who asked if its possible to change it to French_CI_AS as they have issues with importing data from flat files using SSIS package. The issue they are facing is with different french characters and also numeric values with a scale... All their "user" databases are French_CI_AS as is the Instance collation
I'm guessing its not supported to change the collation of SSISDB as when i attempted on a "test" instance i get
The object 'dm_execution_performance_counters' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'get_database_principals' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Folder_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Project_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Environment_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
The object 'CK_Operation_PermissionType' is dependent on database collation. The database collation cannot be changed if a schema-bound object depends on it. Remove the dependencies on the database collation and then retry the operation.
ALTER DATABASE failed. The default collation of database 'SSISDB' cannot be set to French_CI_AS. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 507
If its not possible to change the collation of SSISDB, does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions how to handle such an issue ? Adding collate statement to each join in the ssis package?? Am i missing something ?
I cant find anything in documentation about this but maybe overlooked something...
Also, why is the option there to change the collation? even though it fails ??
thanks