Row size in SS7

Hello,
I created a table and got the following:
The total row size (15676) for table 'MyTable' exceeds the maximum number of
bytes per row (8060). Rows that exceed the maximum number of bytes will not
be added.
I have a 5 fields that are set to varchar (2000) plus some others. Should I
use the text data type? I was reading that the text data is not stored in
the table but in a separate page. Will this be a problem in doing searches
and pushing data to the web using stored procedures and ASP?
--
Thanks in advance,
StevenUsing the text datatype won't cause you any problems searching or pushing
data; the data's physical storage is of no concern to you when querying the
data.
Whether or not you SHOULD use it is an architectural question that I can't
answer without more information about what kind of database you're building
and what the columns will be used for.
"Steven K" <skaper@.troop.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I created a table and got the following:
> The total row size (15676) for table 'MyTable' exceeds the maximum number
of
> bytes per row (8060). Rows that exceed the maximum number of bytes will
not
> be added.
> I have a 5 fields that are set to varchar (2000) plus some others. Should
I
> use the text data type? I was reading that the text data is not stored in
> the table but in a separate page. Will this be a problem in doing
searches
> and pushing data to the web using stored procedures and ASP?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Steven
>|||Using varchar datatype you can have a "declared" row length of larger than
8060. As long as the total combined REAL DATA length does not exceed the
limit, you are fine -- with some composite index you may receive a warning.
However, when the real length of data for a record exceeds the limit, you
will have to use text, ntext or image type. Have a look at "Managing ntext,
text, and image Data" in BOL.
"Steven K" <skaper@.troop.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I created a table and got the following:
> The total row size (15676) for table 'MyTable' exceeds the maximum number
of
> bytes per row (8060). Rows that exceed the maximum number of bytes will
not
> be added.
> I have a 5 fields that are set to varchar (2000) plus some others. Should
I
> use the text data type? I was reading that the text data is not stored in
> the table but in a separate page. Will this be a problem in doing
searches
> and pushing data to the web using stored procedures and ASP?
> --
> Thanks in advance,
> Steven
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