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How to CAST empty string into memo for SQL?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01531130
Message ID:
01531172
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94
>Hi,
>
>I think I have known this (or asked this before) but forgot (sorry). How do I cast an empty string into a memo type column when sending SQL Select to SQL Server? For example, in VFP I would do it like the following:
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>select *, cast( '' as MEMO) As MyMemoFld from MyTable
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>What should be in place of MEMO in the case of SQL Server? TIA.

Everything with length bigger than 255 will be converted to memo:
select *,
       cast( '' as varchar(256)) As MyMemoFld
from MyTable

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select *,
       cast( '' as varchar(max)) As MyMemoFld
from MyTable
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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