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  • February 2, 2009 at 9:58 pm

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    charlesz (2/2/2009)

    Second, NVarchar(MAX) and Varchar(MAX) can only hold up to 65535 bytes ( The number posted by Gail Shaw was wrong).

    Really? What makes you right and Books Online wrong?

    Or is this just an excuse for you to advertise your product?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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