return big string

Hello,
How can I return more then 8000 characters from a store proc.?
When I do this
CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
AS
SELECT 'very long string'
GO
It work's
But when I do this
CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
@.Replace AS VARCHAR(50)
AS
SELECT 'very long ' + @.Replace
GO
This time it only return the 8000 first characters
What do I have to do to return more then 8000 characters from a Store Proc?
Thank you
Marc R.
Marc Robitaille wrote:
> Hello,
> How can I return more then 8000 characters from a store proc.?
> When I do this
> CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
> AS
> SELECT 'very long string'
> GO
> It work's
> But when I do this
> CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
> @.Replace AS VARCHAR(50)
> AS
> SELECT 'very long ' + @.Replace
> GO
> This time it only return the 8000 first characters
> What do I have to do to return more then 8000 characters from a Store
> Proc?
> Thank you
> Marc R.
You could return the values as two or more columns and concatenate on
the client. The data type you are working with (char/varchar) is limited
to 8000 bytes.
David Gugick
Quest Software
www.imceda.com
www.quest.com
|||Is there an other datatype that I could use to return what I need?
"David Gugick" <david.gugick-nospam@.quest.com> a crit dans le message de
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> Marc Robitaille wrote:
> You could return the values as two or more columns and concatenate on the
> client. The data type you are working with (char/varchar) is limited to
> 8000 bytes.
> --
> David Gugick
> Quest Software
> www.imceda.com
> www.quest.com
|||How are you determining the length returned? Query Analyzer has a limit of
8000 bytes per column. And you should avoid using sp_ as a prefix to stored
procedures.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Marc Robitaille" <marc.robitaille@.ars-solutions.caa> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> How can I return more then 8000 characters from a store proc.?
> When I do this
> CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
> AS
> SELECT 'very long string'
> GO
> It work's
> But when I do this
> CREATE PROCEDURE SP_GetClassCode
> @.Replace AS VARCHAR(50)
> AS
> SELECT 'very long ' + @.Replace
> GO
> This time it only return the 8000 first characters
> What do I have to do to return more then 8000 characters from a Store
> Proc?
> Thank you
> Marc R.
>
|||I try to build a VB.NET class with a Store proc. I specify the name of the
table to my SP then it return's a string. If I Copy/Paste the string in a
VB file, I have a fully fonctional class that represent my table. So, I have
writen a template that I use in my SP. My template has 38000 characters. In
some place, in my template, there are speacials words that are going to be
replace when the SP is execute. When I execute the SP without parameters, my
template is return entirely but with no modification in the template. When I
execute the SP with a parameter, only the 8000 first characters are return
with the modification. I don't run the SP in Query analyser but in a VB.NET
programm that I did. How can I return a big string with parameters?
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> a crit dans le message de
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> How are you determining the length returned? Query Analyzer has a limit
> of 8000 bytes per column. And you should avoid using sp_ as a prefix to
> stored procedures.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "Marc Robitaille" <marc.robitaille@.ars-solutions.caa> wrote in message
> news:%23i2uleuhFHA.1464@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>
|||It looks like SQL Server is implicitly converting your string to the
datatype of the variable you are concatenating with it. You can create a
table variable with a text column and build your string in the text column.
The issue a select from the table variable at the end to get the full
output.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Marc Robitaille" <marc.robitaille@.ars-solutions.caa> wrote in message
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>I try to build a VB.NET class with a Store proc. I specify the name of the
>table to my SP then it return's a string. If I Copy/Paste the string in a
>VB file, I have a fully fonctional class that represent my table. So, I
>have writen a template that I use in my SP. My template has 38000
>characters. In some place, in my template, there are speacials words that
>are going to be replace when the SP is execute. When I execute the SP
>without parameters, my template is return entirely but with no modification
>in the template. When I execute the SP with a parameter, only the 8000
>first characters are return with the modification. I don't run the SP in
>Query analyser but in a VB.NET programm that I did. How can I return a big
>string with parameters?
>
> "Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> a crit dans le message de
> news: O%23Q81JvhFHA.1044@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
|||Great idea
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> a crit dans le message de
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> It looks like SQL Server is implicitly converting your string to the
> datatype of the variable you are concatenating with it. You can create a
> table variable with a text column and build your string in the text
> column. The issue a select from the table variable at the end to get the
> full output.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "Marc Robitaille" <marc.robitaille@.ars-solutions.caa> wrote in message
> news:e4PyfcvhFHA.3124@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
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