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Old 12-27-03, 23:10
landings landings is offline
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Hi, I need to desgin a table to store the information about some comments. People can write a comment for about 500-1000 words. What data type should I use? varchar? I am using MSSQL 2000. What's the maximum length of varchar? Thank you for your help!
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Old 12-28-03, 14:33
rnealejr rnealejr is offline
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varchar is your best choice - the limit is 8000. What is the maximum size of the remaining columns in the table ?
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