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mikejohnson
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2004-12-13 : 11:42:48
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| i'm creating a long value in a stored procedure to enter into a file. however, i can't guarantee the value will be small enough to always fit into the varchar datatype. and when trying to use text, i get an error saying text is not valid for local variables. what are my options? |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2004-12-13 : 12:10:31
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| You can create a temp table with a text datatype column and insert a single row then use that as your variable.You will have to use updatetext to manipulate it though.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
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Posted - 2004-12-13 : 12:33:44
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| Create as many varchar(8000) rows as you need and break it up?Brett8-) |
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creating long character field to insert into file