Home Forums SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 - General is there any change in query execution time , when we replace NTEXT with nVARCHAR ? RE: is there any change in query execution time , when we replace NTEXT with nVARCHAR ?

  • November 1, 2012 at 6:08 am

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    sanket kokane (11/1/2012)

    you can create index on varchar which is not possible on ntext.

    You can't create an index on an nvarchar(max), which is the replacement for ntext. Just replacing the data types is unlikely to have a measurable or noticeable impact on performance

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