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Old 02-29-2008, 07:28 PM
Erland Sommarskog
 
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Default Re: Concatenation getting truncated

Edgar (edgarjtan@yahoo.com) writes:
> Using SQL SERVER 2000
>
> I have 4 columns with varchar(80) each that I want to concatenate.
> When I look at the result, it only gives me 256 characters. What am I
> missing on my code?
>
> Select Cust_Number, Info = convert(varchar(1000),rtrim(line1) +
> char(13)+rtrim(Line2) + char(13)+ rtrim(line3) + char(13)+
> rtrim(line4))
>>From tableOne

> Go


Probably nothing. If you are using Query Analyzer, look under
Tools->Options->Results->Maximum Characters per Column.


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