what is the suitable data type to save string more than 8000 character in SQL database?
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what is the suitable data type to save string more than 8000 character in SQL database?
For SQL Server 2005+
varchar(max)ornvarchar(max)depending on whether you need to save as unicode or not.If you don’t have this requirement (or anticipate ever needing it) the
varcharoption is more space efficient.You don’t give a specific version of SQL Server in your question. Pre 2005 it would have been the
textdatatype.NB: In answer to your comment use ‘varchar(max)’ exactly as written. Don’t substitute a number in for “max”!