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sg2255551
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

274 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-25 : 07:47:23
hi

How many characters can varchar(max) in sql 2005 go? can it go beyond 20000 characters? Thanks

Wanderer
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1168 Posts

Posted - 2006-08-25 : 09:35:05
Yes - iirc it can go to 2GB.
from BOL:
max indicates that the maximum storage size is 2^31-1 bytes

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