• @wendy,

    I'll recommend again that you get a copy of Books Online (BOL for short) and use it. It clearly stated under the TEXT datatype that it is what has been deprecated and not VARCHAR(MAX). Learn to use the "INDEX" feature. It will save you much heartache and wasted time.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)