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  • August 21, 2013 at 8:11 am

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    pavanr (8/21/2013)

    Hi,

    I just want to know how many varchar(MAX) columns in a single table can be given , without effecting performance ?

    Is there any restriction?

    Regards

    Way more than you should ever use in a properly designed database. If you are curious about the capacity of stuff you can look here.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143432.aspx

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