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Asked: 2026-05-10T21:14:17+00:00

Is there a limitation in the length of a query that SQL Server can

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Is there a limitation in the length of a query that SQL Server can handle?

I have a normal SqlCommand object and pass a very long select statement as a string.

The query seems to be fine when running against an SQL Server 2005/2008 engine but doesn’t execute against an SQL Server 2000 engine.

I don’t have any error details as I only have this information 3rd hand but my application isn’t working as expected. I could go to the trouble of installing an SQL Server 2000 instance but I was just wondering if anyone has a quick. Yes there is a 4K or 8K limit in SQL Server 2000 but not in 2005 type answer.

I’m aware that I could use stored procedures but lets assume I have a valid reason for not using them 🙂

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  1. SqlServer 2000 has a 4000 character query limit for adhoc queries.

    Can you abstract this into a stored procedure?

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