This very simple procedure is designed to overcome the limitation in the SQL print command that causes it to truncate strings longer than 8000 characters.
It will print the text passed to it in substrings smaller than 8000 characters. If there are carriage returns (CRs) in the text, it will break up the substrings at the carriage returns and the printed version will exactly reflect the string passed.
If there are insufficient CRs in the text, it will print it out in blocks of 8000 characters with an extra carriage return at that point.
If it is passed a null value, it will do virtually nothing.
I developed a need to display very lengthy strings while trying to debug a script that generated a very long dynamic SQL section. When I did not instantly find a script to do this on SQLServerCentral.com I decided it would be faster to write one myself than search the broader internet.
