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Size of MDF after going from Text to NVARCHAR(MAX)
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08/12/2009 01:29:48
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Forum:
Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
Database management
Environment versions
SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008
Application:
Web
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01438010
Message ID:
01438026
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59
>After having changed a field from a Text type to a NVarChar(Max) type, the size of the MDF has increased by three times. I am not sure if this is normal or if I should do a compress. Basically, 99% of the MDF is in regards to that field. So, does this make sense?

Yes, I would expect size increase after this switch, since nvarchar takes twice size of text.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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