HI Anthony,

There is no other way than rebuilding the master DB
and while doing that u dont need to do anything with
msdb or model.

But keep the backup of all the user dbs as well, u
would require it at the later stage.

Regards
Mandeep


--- anthony.[Email Address Removed] wrote:
> Is there a faster way to change the sql collation on
> SQL 2000, than
> rebuilding the master db?
>
> If i rebuild the master db, do I need to do the same
> for msdb and model?
>
> I ask this because I have a clustered server which I
> need to change the
> character set and sort order on, and I dont want to
> re-install the whole
> thing.
>
> Thanks
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