SQL Server Text Datatype Maxlength = 65,535?

Question

Software I\'m working with uses a text field to store XML. From my searches online, the text datatype is supposed to hold 2^31 - 1 characters. Currently SQL Server is trunca

Answer 1

that is a limitation of SSMS not of the text field, but you should use varchar(max) since text is deprecated

Here is also a quick test

create table TestLen (bla text)

insert TestLen values (replicate(convert(varchar(max),'a'), 100000))

select datalength(bla)
from TestLen

Returns 100000 for me