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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2002-06-17 : 08:22:54
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| Steve McCormick writes "I have a dynamic SQL statement that can grow quite large. I found that it can exceed Nvarchar(4000) I cant seem to use Ntext. How would I get the value into a Ntext datatype to use as a parameter for sp_executesql?" |
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Page47
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2002-06-17 : 09:07:34
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| You can't, however, you should be able string multiple nvarchars together like @sql1 + @sql2 + @sql3 . . .You cannont use a BLOB as a datatype for a stored procedure.<O> |
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robvolk
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Posted - 2002-06-17 : 09:39:27
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You cannont use a BLOB as a datatype for a stored procedure.
Well, technically you can, but it's so restrictive as to be totally impractical. You can only pass a text/ntext, you can't manipulate it, and therefore you can only pass literal values, not variables or column values. |
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Page47
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2002-06-17 : 10:11:59
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oh, right . . . sorry  <O> |
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using ntext datatype as parameter for sp_executesql