>I remember back when I first started to work with SQL server, I read that you are supposed to avoid text data types at all cost. Becuase the data is stored in a seperate file... Well I have encountered a situation where I might need to store more than 8000 characters, which is the max for a varchar. After a little research I found the option for storing text in the row data, which stores the data in the row if its under a specified size. I was wonding if anyone has used this option before? If so did you notice any performance issues? etc...
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>Eric
Anyone that gave you that info about SQL Server is wrong (maybe it was true for pre 6.5 versions). The biggest issue with text variable types is that they are not searchable columns, unless you set up a full-text index. Also, I think text column values are always stored outside of the row, because of the massive upper size limit they have.
Dan LeClair
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