SQL: Insert a linebreak in varchar string

Question

I\'ve searched StackOverflow for all the possible solutions concerning how to insert a linebreak in a SQL text string. I\'ve referred this link but to no avail. How to inser

Answer 1

It works perfectly:

CREATE TABLE sample(dex INT, col VARCHAR(100));

INSERT INTO sample(dex, col) 
VALUES (2, 'This is line 1.' + CHAR(13)+CHAR(10) + 'This is line 2.');

SELECT *
FROM sample;

LiveDemo

Output:

The "problem" is SSMS grid view that skips newline characters (and others too). Otherwise you will get different rows height like in Excel.

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You could observe the same behaviour in SEDE.

LiveDemo-SEDELiveDemo-SEDE-TextView

Output:

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You could compare it using:

SELECT 'This is line 1.' + CHAR(13)+CHAR(10) + 'This is line 2.';
PRINT  'This is line 1.' + CHAR(13)+CHAR(10) + 'This is line 2.';