MaxSize Property (SQL-DMO)

The MaxSize property returns the greatest length of a data type in bytes, or the precision of the type.

Applies To

Syntax

object.MaxSize

Part	Description
object	Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

Remarks

For binary and character data types, the MaxSize property returns the greatest number of bytes required to store a string of the type. For example, a user-defined data type defined as varchar(22) requires 22 bytes. The number of characters contained in the string is determined by the mix of single and multibyte characters within it.

For the fixed-precision, numeric data types, the MaxSize property returns the maximum precision of the type.

For all other referenced data types, the MaxSize property returns the number of bytes required to store a value of the type in a Microsoft® SQL Server™ structure representing the type.

Data Type

Long

Modifiable

Read-only

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetMaxSize(LPLONG pRetVal);