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Aaron
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 Posted - 2007-08-21 : 11:52:35
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| I have a column that potentially could contain more than 8000 characters. What is my option since varchar is max 8000?Any help would be appreciated. Aaron |
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SwePeso
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Posted - 2007-08-21 : 12:41:57
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No, you are wrong.For SQL Server 2005, you can use VARCHAR(MAX) which is 2147483647 characters.
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Aaron
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Posted - 2007-08-21 : 12:57:48
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| I did not know that! Thank you very much, Peso.Aaron |
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Data type to use for column >8000