As I mentioned in one of previous messages, it's new type implemented in SQL 2005.

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>>What SQL Server version are you using?
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>>>I'm getting "Incorrect syntax near 'MAX'"
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>>>This looks like a constant.
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>>>>It was created in SQL 2005 to overcome the text data type limitations, like inability to manipulate them in full in T-SQL, e.t.c.