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Hello, everybody,

I am in need of storing long pieces of text in database, length between 2000 and 4000 characters (nvarchar limit).

If I have a column in a table:

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does this mean that in database the size used will always be 2000*2=4000 bytes at least (+ rounding), independent on what the real length of the text stored is?

Anoter alternative - storing texts in files is expected to become unmanageable very soon, so I would like to keep to the db.

Or, would it be reasonable to have such a table:

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my_text_4 nvarchar(500)

Or declaration already means the space for a column is reserved even if it is nullable?

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