MSDE Max Field Size?

Hi,

I have MSDE installed on my computer and I'm using Web Data Administrator to manage my databses. The problem is that whenever I add a column with a length of more than 8000, I get the following error:

Length must be between 0 and 8000

If I create the column programmatically then i get this error:

The following error occured while executing the query:
Server: Msg 131, Level 15, State 2, Line 2
The size (8005) given to the column 'Article' exceeds the maximum allowed for any data type (8000).

I need several columns that can hold around
32,000 characters. What's the deal? Is this a limit with MSDE, or am I
missing something?

Thanks