SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2

Hi,
Any ideas/suggestions ?
We are in a dev/qa/production landscape (R/3 470-200)and need to convert to SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 before upgrading to SQL Server 2005.
Firstly, are we able to do this progressively without affecting the transport queue.
EG: will a transport that has been released in Dev on SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 still move through successfully to QA on SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN ?
(given that we don't want to convert all systems at once).
Secondly, assuming DBCC comes up clean, is this a safe procedure ?
Thirdly, I don't suppose there is a way for me to build a box on 2005 and homog-system-copy to it and then convert?
Thanks,
Tim

Hello,
here are my two cents:
1) No, it will not affect your transports at all. The transport are
    database independent and will not be affected by a collation change.
2) When the DBCC comes back clean, you can convert the database to
    BIN2. You can run a DBCC after the conversion as well, but we have never
    seen corruptions caused by the conversion, as it is only a Metadata change.
3) You can not convert on SQL 2005 but you can do a homogenous system
    copy with R3Load to SQL 2005 and when the SQL 2005 is installed in the BIN2
    collation, the database will be created and loaded in BIN2. A attach of a
    SQL 2000 database in BIN and then doing the conversion is NOT possible.
See note 600027 for more details about the conversion.
Best regards
Clas

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declare c cursor for
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 nullflag = substring(c.IS_NULLABLE,1,1)
 from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS c,
 INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES t
 where c.TABLE_NAME = t.TABLE_NAME AND
 c.TABLE_SCHEMA = t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND
 t.TABLE_TYPE like '%TABLE%' AND
 c.TABLE_SCHEMA = schema_name() AND
 c.DATA_TYPE IN ('text','ntext','image')
 order by t.TABLE_NAME,c.COLUMN_NAME
open c
set @n_altered = 0
fetch next from c into @tabname,@colname,@datatype,@nullflag
while (@@fetch_status <> -1)
begin
 if (@@fetch_status <> -2)
 begin
 set @cmd = N'alter table [' + @tabname +
 N'] alter column [' + @colname +
 N'] '
 if @datatype = N'text'
 set @cmd = @cmd + N'varchar(MAX)'
 else if @datatype = N'ntext'
 set @cmd = @cmd + N'nvarchar(MAX)'
 else
 set @cmd = @cmd + N'varbinary(MAX)'
 if @nullflag = N'N'
 set @cmd = @cmd + ' NOT NULL'
 else
 set @cmd = @cmd + ' NULL'
 -- print @cmd
 exec( @cmd )
 set @n_altered = @n_altered + 1
 end
 fetch next from c into @tabname,@colname,@datatype,@nullflag
end
close c
deallocate c
select convert(varchar,@n_altered) + N' columns were altered'
end -- sap_use_var_MAX
Mind you, you'll have to change <SID> and <sid> acoordingly, considering also if your db is dbo schema or sid schema owned!
Thank you for your help nonetheless!
Bruno Pereira

SAPINST 4.7 with MS SQL SERVER Error "Unable to stop server"

I'm trying to install SAP 4.7 on
- Windows 2003 Server _ host "tpt"
- SQL Server 2000 SP3 _ new Instance "MYSAP". Collation is already set to "SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2".
Sapinst ran well on all input data steps.
Next it applied from steps
"Create SAP System Opertion System Groups and Users"
"Check/Adapt File System"
until step "MS SQL SERVER tempdb Parameters" with Processing message "Changing location of
tempdb files", then stopped the installation.
I've got Error_Log file:
Transaction begin ********************************************************
INFO 2004-09-19 10:21:24
Successfully connected to "tpt\MYSAP"
ERROR 2004-09-19 10:21:25
MDB-05039 Unable to stop server "tpt\MYSAP"; error: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Herunterfahren des Servers auf Anforderung. (german text means "Server shuts down on request")
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]SQL Server beendet diesen Prozess." (german text means "SQL Server stops this process")
ERROR 2004-09-19 10:21:25
MDB-05034 Call to a threaded function returned "1".
Transaction end **********************************************************
WARNING 2004-09-19 10:30:21
The step doChangeTempDBParameters1 with step key SAPSYSTEM|ind|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|SAPComponent|ind|ind|ind|ind|ind|0|DatabaseServer|windows|ind|mss|ind|ind|0|TempDB|windows|ind|mss|ind|ind|0|doChangeTempDBParameters1 executed with status ERROR.
WARNING 2004-09-19 10:30:21
An error occurred during the installation.
Can you help me?
Thanks very much
thanh

Hello,
you should not use a german version of MS SQL Server.
Regards
Gregor

MS SQL 2005 clustered database instance.

Short Text
MS SQL cluster database instance - ONLY!
Long Text
Hi,
If possible could you please confirm that our planned landscape
migration is supported by SAP.
At present our PRD SAP system is a standalone instance that consists of
the database & central instance running on the same "HOST".
Current SAP PRD version:
ERP 2004 ECC 5.0 32 bit
MS SQL 2000 32 bit
both running on same host with OS Windows 2003 32 bit
We plan to upgrade/migrate our PRD SAP system to new 64 bit hardware
AND to move to a "Distributed" landscape installation i.e. database
instance & central instance installed on different HOSTS. Also, the
database instance WILL be clustered but the central instance will NOT
be clustered. There are also multiple NON-SAP MS SQL databases that
will run in the same cluster as the PRD SAP database instance.
SAP PRD version after migration:
SAP ERP 2004 ECC 5.0 64bit (running on X86_64 AMD64 hardware) on HOST'X'
MS SQL 2005 64 bit (running on IA64 hardware) on clustered HOST'Y'
Both running on Windows 2003 64 bit
My questions are:
1) Does SAP support a clustered MS SQL 2005 database instance that is
running on a clustered HOST along with NON-SAP MS SQL databases?
2)During the migration our PRD SAP MS SQL database will be upgraded
from MS SQL 2000 32 bit to MS SQL 2005 64 bit IA64, is this also
supported in a clustered istallation (database instance ONLY)?
3) The central PRD SAP instance will be running on x86_64 AMD64
hardware & the database instance will be running on 64 bit IA64
hardware. Is this configuration supported?
Thanking you inadvance.

Hi Greg,
Have you figured out the answer? We are trying do the exactly the same thing -- Move our SAP WAS 6.40 clustered central instance to a 64-bit hardware/SQL 2005/Clustered system. And this system has several non-SAP database on there. The biggest concern we have is whether SAP support this architecture. I posted a message here last year and several experts like Clas Hortien, N. P. C, in this form suggest NOT go to this architecture because SAP will not support it. One example, is that SAP/SQL requires server collation setting to SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 and other databases may work on different collations.
Migrate SAP SQL Server database to co-exist with others
Anyway, if you or anyone in this form have some more information please share here.
Thanks,
Yujun Ran

Problems found after checking database configuration of server

Hello all,
Though this problem has been addressed before. .
I couldnt get a clear idea.
I get the error. .
"Wrong Server Collation; J2EE installation requires
SQL Latin 1 General CP850 Bin 2 Collation.
MS SQL Server Patch is too low; please read the note 62988;
These problems must be fixed before continuing installation."
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/collaboration.sdn?contenttype=url
&content=http%3A//forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa%3FthreadID%3
D18855
I installed SQL Server 2000 SP3. And in type radio button,
Choose Custom and then proceeded to choose the collation
designator latin1_General and sort order as Binary as advised
in the note (service.sap.com).
Now I am trying to install SAPinst for netweaver Installation.
Then the above error is repeated again and again and again and
again. I have been trying it since quite some time going through
service.sap.com/SDN,have gone through various notes and even
installed the hot fix provided at (service.sap.com) still
I get the following error:
"Wrong Server Collation; J2EE installation requires
SQL Latin 1 General CP850 Bin 2 Collation.
These problems must be fixed before continuing installation."
When i try to connect to. .It says
The current collation is Latin1_General1_BIN,
Not SQL_Latin1_General1_Cp850_BIN
Then install the Unicode hotfix(QFE)
Any inputs in this regard would be appreciated
Thanks in advance.
Mohan.

Hi Mohan,
the note 62988 is not that helpful in your case. You will need to read carefully the note 600027 and download the ZIP-file attached to the note.
After unpacking the ZIP-file just execute INSTCOLL.EXE from a local directory.
In the note is also described how to check that after executing INSTCOLL.EXE the collation has changed to SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2.
Hope this helps,
Robert

Installing Solution Manager 3.2

Hello,
I am trying to install SOLMAN3.2 on windows 2003 SQLSERVER 2000 SP3.
I have several questions:
=========================
1) I have R/3 46C (non-unicode) on this server. Should I install the "Solution Manager 3.2" on the same server (server has enough resources) ? Is it possible to install it with R/3 46C on the same server ?
2) However, I've started the installation and I get:
"-Wrong server collation; J2EE installation requires
SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 collation
-MSSQL SERVER patch level is too low, please read the
note 62988"
I've read this note, it tells that there is a file INSCOLL.EXE that changes the collation. But this is relevant only to unicode system. Because of R/3 system, that is a non-unicode system, I didn't install this patch.
What should I do ?
Please Advice,
Dimitry Haritonov

hello Eddy,
I've read this note too.
it says: "For existing NON-UNICODE SAP systems there is presently no need to convert them to new collation", this is my case.
So I shouldnt update to this collation but the installation requires it.
Why ?
Maybe SOLMAN 3.2 MUST be installed on the unicode system ?
Anyone ?
Please Advice,
Dimitry Haritonov

CP850_BIN2 for non unicode systems??

Hi All
This is possibly a really stupid question and I think I know the answer, but I need some one else to say yes!
We are currently running a SQL upgrade, from 2000 to 2005, for ore ECC6 platform. As part of the upgrade it is recommended that you change the DB collation from SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN to SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 which allows unicode data to be sorted properly.
My question is, if this enhancement is to correct a unicode issue, will it affect my current non-unicode system if applied. I don't want it to cause any issues if I apply it during the upgrade.
I don't think it will for various reasons, but I am not 100% can anone let me know if I am right, please!
Thanks in advance!
Phil

Hi,
you will have no issues with your current system when you go to BIN2 now (before you upgrade to SQL 2005). And you have to keep in mind, that you have to have BIN2 for all newer releases of SAP. So if you plan to ever upgrade your system to a newer release in some point in time, you should go to BIN2 now, as otherwiese you have to perform a homogenous systemcopy with R/3 (which is not so much fun) if you miss it now. On SQL 2005 you can't change the collation easily, so if you don't have the correct one, you only can change it when you unload the data, drop the DB, create the DB in the correct collation and reload the data.
Regards
Clas

Unicode MSSQL

Hi All,
I'm inserting japanese charecters into MSSQL server. when i do that, i can see in the insert query in th audit log with japanese charecters. but in the MSSQL server, they are inserted as ?????. the columns are already defined in the MSSQL as the data types nchar and nvarchar
I modified the URL with charset UTF-8. i had also tried with the option sql7=true. but no use....
Can anyone help me in this regard.
Regards
Anil

Hi Anil,
hmmm....tricky..
For a unicode system SQL Server uses the datatype "nvarchar".
For a non-unicode system SQL Server uses the datatype "varchar".
SQL Server always uses UNICODE UCS-2 character set (2 bytes per
unicode character) independent from the collation of the SQL S
You can always store 10 unicode characters in a field defined
nvarchar(10).
A collation defines the code page and sort order. SAP only support
the collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2 for unicode system.
Did you install the correct collation ? See SAP note 600027.
or maybe you can look for Microsoft Support on this case ?
cheers,
Vincent

SQL_Latin1_General_CP850_BIN2

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