I had a VARCHAR(MAX) parameter declared in my stored procedure and trying to concatenat single column from a table which has~500 rows into a string and keep in this variable, if i am not mistaken, i read that the VARCHAR(MAX) actually can hold up to 2GB of data, so it make me confuse why the variable which i declared as MAX size, can only hold up 8000 characters, any idea?
if a user chooses to request a lot of customers to report on say from a multi select listbox - what is the best way to pass this list to my stored proc? Looking for suggestions. thanks,
I have a MDX query which is of an aprox length of 10000 characters. I have to execute the query from within the stored procedure in sql. To run this query I use the openrowset method.
If the length of my query is less than 8000 characters my query executes perfectly, but the moment it exceeds 8000 characters it stop working. Please suggest a solution for the same.
In SS 2000 it seems that there is no variable data type that can hold more than 8000 characters (varchar) or 4000 unicode characters (nvarchar). I've seen posts where multiple variables are spliced together to extend this limit. I am looking at performing string manipulations in an sproc and I need to be able to deal with the full 2GB/1GB limit of text and ntext field types. Is this possible? How do you deal with that?
I'm using this store proc to get a pivot table in SQL:
USE [m0851System] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_CrossTabIntoTable] Script Date: 01/25/2008 09:59:37 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_CrossTabIntoTable] @select varchar(8000), @sumfunc varchar(100), @pivot varchar(100), @table varchar(100) -- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007 ,@tbl_result varchar(100), @fld_sufx varchar(10) -- FIN JULIEN BONNIER AS
--DECLARE @sql varchar(8000), @delim varchar(1) DECLARE @sql varchar(8000), @delim varchar(1) SET NOCOUNT ON SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF
-- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007 -- MODIFIÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 25 janvier 2008 (ajout de la clause case) IF LEFT(@tbl_result,1)='#' BEGIN IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects WHERE type='U' AND name='' + @tbl_result + '') EXEC ('DROP TABLE ' + @tbl_result + '') END ELSE BEGIN IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE type='U' AND name='' + @tbl_result + '') EXEC ('DROP TABLE ' + @tbl_result + '') END -- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
EXEC ('SELECT ' + @pivot + ' AS pvt INTO ##pivot FROM ' + @table + ' WHERE 1=2') EXEC ('INSERT INTO ##pivot SELECT DISTINCT ' + @pivot + ' FROM ' + @table + ' WHERE ' + @pivot + ' Is Not Null')
SELECT @delim=CASE Sign( CharIndex('char', data_type)+CharIndex('date', data_type) ) WHEN 0 THEN '' ELSE '''' END FROM tempdb.information_schema.columns WHERE table_name='##pivot' AND column_name='pvt'
-- MODIFIÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 18 juillet 2007 --SELECT @sql=@sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + ''' = ' + SELECT @sql=@sql + '''' + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + '' + @fld_sufx + ''' = ' + stuff(@sumfunc,charindex( '(', @sumfunc )+1, 0, ' CASE ' + @pivot + ' WHEN ' + @delim + convert(varchar(100), pvt) + @delim + ' THEN ' ) + ', ' FROM ##pivot -- FIN JULIEN BONNIER -- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 15 octobre 2007 ORDER BY pvt -- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
DROP TABLE ##pivot
SELECT @sql=left(@sql, len(@sql)-1) PRINT(LEN(@sql)) SELECT @select=stuff(@select, charindex(' FROM ', @select)+1, 0, ', ' + @sql + ' ') -- AJOUTÉ PAR JULIEN BONNIER 17 juillet 2007 SELECT @select=stuff(@select, charindex(' FROM ', @select), 6, ' INTO ' + @tbl_result + ' FROM ') -- FIN JULIEN BONNIER
--EXEC (@select) PRINT('YOYO'+@select) RETURN SET ANSI_WARNINGS ON
But now my @sql and @select that are varchar(8000) get bigger than 8000 for one of my reports... So my query fails ever times.
Hi all,I have a internet page written in asp to submit into authorscurriculum vitae publications (title, author, year, etc.).If the author submit less than 8000 characters it functions OK, but Ifthe author try's to submit more than 8000 characters the asp page doesnot return an error but the text is not saved in the database or,sometimes, it returned a "Typ mismatch" error.Here is the sp:---------------------------------------------------------------------CREATE PROCEDURE sp_CV_publications(@formCommandnvarchar(255)='process',@id numeric=null,@id_personint=null,@typPubID tinyint= NULL,@publicationstext=null)ASif @formCommand='process'beginINSERT INTO CV_publications(idperson,typPubID,publications)VALUES (@id_person@typPubID,@publications);select 1 as status, @@IDENTITY AS insertedID, * FROMCV_publications WHERE id=@@IDENTITYend----------------------------------------------------------------------------The server is running IIS5 and SqlServer 2000Any ideas ???
I am trying to change a text field into a varchar 8000. I get his error message when trying to convert.
Unable to modify table. ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot create a row of size 8317 which is greater than the allowable maximum of 8060. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The statement has been terminated.
Anyone know of a way to either truncate the text field or to select only those that are over the 8000 character mark?
I was trying to build a string based on one field from one table in Stored Procedure. I know if I declare A VARCHAR variable for the string, it won’t allow to exceed 8000. If does, it will truncate the reminding parts of the fields. What might be the simple solution for that? Even though I know I might need to use several substrings but how? Thanks!
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Declare @sql varchar 8000
Select @sql =@sql + convert(varchar(50),fieldName) from tableA where conditions …
Hi, everyone, I want to know is there a way for me to set varchar to store more than 8000 characters? (I did checked from sql server books online and i know that the maximum storage for varchar, but i just want to know is there any exceptional way for me to store more than that).
hi all, I'm after a way to produce a single-lined output of a char/varchar string replicated over 8000 times.
basically I've been given a task to create a stored procedure which can accept any integer to replicate a string X times.
From what I've read the replicate() fn will covert to varchar of max 8000 bytes.
I've thought about creating a UDF to accept the varchar and int and run a loop to keep outputting but 'print' will pass an endline to the buffer which is no good for my loop.
When we invoque the sqlcommand we get this sqlexception: The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect. Parameter 3 ("@DominiosMenu"): Data type 0xE7 has an invalid data length or metadata length. If we change the DbType.String Size to 4000 in the .Net code everything works, this same procedure work correctly in SQL Server 2000 with the same .Net code. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Sam
in the statement, where @sql is defined as DECLARE @sql varchar(Max). the problem is that this statement produces results that are in excess of 8000 characters and the results are truncated. Is there anyway to avoid this? I know that it's not possible to user ntext/text as a local variable, and if i try to return the result as an ouput paramater, only the first result is returned.
my code is based off of this article http://www.sqlteam.com/article/dynamic-cross-tabs-pivot-tables Thanks for any suggestions.
I need to pass the where clause of my statement as an input parameter for a stored procedure. As this is built dynamically within the program (Borland C++), it could sometimes exceed the maximum 8000 bytes of a varchar. I thought of sending in two input paramenters and concatenating them into a memo in the sql, but cannot seem to be able to execute the memo variable (i.e. exec(memo) doesn't work). Is there any other options for passing in such a huge parameter.
Also, I do not think there is any other option than passing in the where clause: passing in seperate parameters and building the clause in sql would require over 300 parameters to be passed, and as the possible number of combination is indefinate, I cannot have a different Stored Procedure for each potential case.
I m working on MS SQL Server 2000. I am trying to pass a list of numbers to a stored procedure to be used with 'IN()' statement.
I was doing something like..
Create Procedure proc
(
@Items varchar(100) --- List of numbers ) AS Begin
Declare @SQL varchar(8000) Set @SQL = ' Select Query...... Where products IN (' + @items + ') ' ' Exec (@SQL)
This stored procedure is working fine, but when i m adding more required stuff to that, the size exceeds 8000, & it gives the error "Invalid operator for data type. Operator equals add, type equals text."
I need to handle this conversion in SSIS and not on oracle.
The following expression is executed on a datatype of dt_str with a length of 8000.
SUBSTRING((DT_STR,8000,1252)Column_name,1,8000)
Records longer then 4000 bytes take an error path
The next expression with 4000 bytes works but there is truncation.
SUBSTRING((DT_STR,4000,1252)Column_name,1,4000)
Basically I need to know how to cast a text or ntext into a varchar or nvarchar using ssis but I need to capture the first 8000 byes without truncation.
is this possible?
Using SSIS Reading From oracle I can convert to a text or ntext field but I am having a hard time going directly to a varchar.
Problem about pass a big string (over 8000 characters) to a variable nvarchar(max) in stored procedure in SQL 2005! I know that SQL 2005 define a new field nvarchar(max) which can stored 2G size string. I have made a stored procedure Hellocw_ImportBookmark, but when I pass a big string to @Insertcontent , the stored procedure can't be launch! why? create procedure Hellocw_ImportBookmark @userId varchar(80), @FolderId varchar(80), @Insertcontent nvarchar(max) as declare @contentsql nvarchar(max); set @contentsql=N'update cw_bookmark set Bookmark.modify(''declare namespace x="http://www.hellocw.com/onlinebookmark"; insert '+ @Insertcontent+' as last into (//x:Folder[@Id="'+@FolderId+'"])[1]'') where userId='''+@userID+''''; exec sp_executesql @contentsql;
as declare @contentsql nvarchar(max); set @contentsql=N'update cw_bookmark set Bookmark.modify(''declare namespace x="http://www.hellocw.com/onlinebookmark"; insert '+ @Insertcontent+' as last into (//x:Folder[@Id="'+@FolderId+'"])[1]'') where userId='''+@userID+''''; exec sp_executesql @contentsql;
Does anyone know of a way to execute sql code from a dynamically builttext field?Before beginning, let me state that I know this db architecture isbuilt solely for frustration and I hope to make it better soon.Unfortunately, there is never a non-crucial time in which we can do anupgrade, so we are stuck for now.Point 1:There are multiple tables: students, courses, cross-referencestudent/courses, teachers, cross-reference teacher/courses, andothers.Point 2:Yearly archiving is done by appending a 2 digit year suffix to thetable and rebuilding the table structure for the current year. Thatis, each of the tables named above has an archive table for 1999,2000, 2001, etc. This leads to many tables and a big mess whenunioning them.Point 3:A history report is run by building a big query that unions each unionof tables (students, courses, etc) by year. This query has grown toobig for a varchar(8000) field. Actually, it's too big for 2 of them.Point 4:I don't want to write code to maintain any more varchar(8000) fieldsfor this query. It should be much more easily handled with atemporary table holding each bit of yearly archive data. I have builtthis and it works fine. I have also figured out how to pull the rowsfrom that table, concatenate them, and insert the resulting lump intoa text field in another table.Point 5:I haven't figured out how to grab the 5 or so records from that tableand execute them on their own. I figured I could grab them, put theminto a text field that's big enough to hold the whole query and thenselect and execute that text field. I've had no luck with that and Ihaven't had any luck finding any references that might help me withthis problem. I keep thinking of nesting execute() calls, but thatdoesn't work.I'm open to questions, potential solutions, hints about different wayto approach the problem, anything.Many thanks in advance,Rick Caborn
I have a varchar(10) field in one of the sql2005 table. most of the data will be in the format of
xxxxx{yyyyy} zzzz{eeeeee} like above values i am storing into the column. Now i want to use only the value which is inside the brackets { }. Values inside the brackets are not fixed length but allways we use the brackets.
Please let me know if you have any idea.
I tried using the right(value,4).,.. but this is only for the fixed size. but like i said my situation is different length.please let me know if you have any idea.
The apostrophe embedded in the name value is giving me headaches. I tried using double-quotes and [] to delineate the value but then I get complaints that a "Name" is not allowed in this context.
How do you turn the embedded characters into an escape character so they can be ignored by SQL Server and passed into the table field.
Hello all,I have a field defined as VARCHAR(8000) yet it only accepts a maximum of 1024 characters. Does anyone know how I can save 8000 characters in a single field?Thanks,Bill.
Hi all, I have a strange situation. I have a field in the database that has to be a string type field of around 4000 characters.
So naturally I setup the field as type: varchar length: 4000
However when I try to put any text in this field I find that I can put no more than 1023 characters of ascii text in there.
To check if this was a max record length prob I setup a test table with only 2 fields: ID: int, PK, Identity longVarchar: varchar, 4000
and tried to put some ascii text into the field called longVarchar. Again the most I could put in was 1023 characters!
Thinking that it could just be that SQL svr box that was wacky, I tried it on another one with the same result.
I have tried using other field types (nvarchar, char) and have found that they all could only hold 1023 characters max, no matter what how high I defined the size of the field.
Try it out yourselves and see if you get the same result. Any useful suggestions would really be appreciated.
Hopefully, someone can help me. I am working with a database that contains multiple fields within the tables that are being used for Clinical notes. The fields are defined as VARCHAR(3500). But when I try to extract data (either through Query Analyzer or Crystal Reports), only the first 256 characters are displayed. I ran a query to give me the length of the maximum entry size which returned 2722 characters, yet only 256 are displayed.
How do I go about extracting ALL of the data from this field? Any help is much appreciated.
I have a hungarian character which looks like a lower case o with two single quotes on top of it --> Å‘
I have this character stored in two table the datatype of the column where this is stored at is varchar in one table and nvarchar in the other. When I try to view the field in enterprise manager the character appears as it should in the 2 tables, but when I use a jsp page deployed on weblogic to look at this character the one stored in the column of type varchar displays perfectly, but the table in which the column is nvarchar the character on the jsp page appears as a Q instead.
Any inputs on how to correct this issue will be much appreciated. Any changes to the character set on the html / jsp pages has no affect on the result.
I have a table with a column that is currently a varchar(50), but I want to convert it into an int. When I try to just change the type in design mode I get an error that conversion cannot proceed. When I look at the field it appears some of the entries have special characters appended at the end, I see a box after the value.
How can I remove all speical characters and then convert that field to an int?
Also I tried the following query which did not work as well, same error about conversion.
In my application I must store over 16000 character in a sql table field . When I split into more than 1 field it gives "unclosed quotation mark" message. How can I store over 16000 characters to sql table field (only one field) with language specific characters?
Hello, am using c# and a Stored proceedure in MS SQL 2005. For data size i used the varchar (max) in my stored proceedure. But in the c# class. What do i use ? Here is a line of my code thanks Ehi command.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@csv", SqlDbType.VarChar, 8000, "recipients"));
We are using Exec(@sql) with @sql varchar(8000), but 8000 is not enough. Like query get cut off in the middle of the script. We need more than that. Is there any way to store more than 8000 characters in the variable ? We use SQL Server 7.
i have created a store procedure that will copy the proceduers of one database to another database. it's working fine, but i am hving problem to run the the store proceduer when character lenght goes more then 8000 words. i have couple of proceuder that has words more then 8000, is there any good and short way to do solve this problem