How to read Strings bigger than 255 chars

Paul Schaap paul.schaap at dingoblue.com.au
Sun Jun 3 18:55:56 EDT 2001


Hi Christian,

> Hello Friends,
> 
> I saw that freeTDS cannot read Strings from the (SQLServer7)database with
> a length bigger than 255. freeTDS simply cuts the String.
> This happens with datatypes char, varchar, nvarchar, nchar. Any Ideas?
> 

Cast them as type "TEXT".

> Thanks
> 
> Christian Amann

CHEERS
Paul
P.S. the FAQ is confused/ing here !



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