WHERE clause on SQL Server “Text” data type

Question

Where [CastleType] is set as data type \"text\" in SQL Server and the query is:

SELECT *
FROM   [Village]
WHERE  [CastleType] = \'foo\' 

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Answer 1

If you can't change the datatype on the table itself to use varchar(max), then change your query to this:

SELECT *
FROM   [Village]
WHERE  CONVERT(VARCHAR(MAX), [CastleType]) = 'foo'