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Old October 26th, 2004, 02:14 AM
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Blob fields ??
Hi,

I know in Mysql one can use a blob field(instead of varchar) to insert big amounts of data into a field - e.g User Notes or Long detailed descriptions

How do I create a field using Enterprise Manager(MSSQL) to be able to handle this amounts of data ???

I can't seem to find the BLOB-option upon creating a field in MSSQL, am I missing something here ???

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Use the text datatype or you can use varchar if the description does not exceed 8000 characters
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Hi,

I've tried them both, but still receive the following error:

"Data source column is too large for the specified buffer size"

Really hope you can help me as I've been struggling on this for several days now.
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You can change the data type to NTEXT, TEXT or IMAGE. Each of these types is capable of holding up to 2 GB of data each.
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Thanks for reply.

Tried it, doesn't work, still getting the same error

I'm importing the data from an excel spreadsheet - don't know if I doing anything silly.

HELP HELP !!

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Sounds more like an excel problem, which means I can not be of further help.
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