SET TEXTSIZE (T-SQL)

Specifies the size of text and ntext data returned with a SELECT statement.

Syntax

SET TEXTSIZE {number | @number_var}

Arguments

number | @number_var: Is the size (an integer) of text data, in bytes. The maximum setting for SET TEXTSIZE is 2 gigabytes (GB), specified in bytes. A setting of 0 resets the size to the default (4 KB).

Remarks

Setting SET TEXTSIZE affects the @@TEXTSIZE function.

The DB-Library variable DBTEXTLIMIT also limits the size of text data returned with a SELECT statement. If DBTEXTLIMIT is set to a smaller size than TEXTSIZE, only the amount specified by DBTEXTLIMIT is returned. For more information, see Programming DB-Library for C.

The SQL Server ODBC driver and Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server automatically set TEXTSIZE to 2147483647 when connecting.

The setting of set TEXTSIZE is set at execute or run time and not at parse time.

Permissions

SET TEXTSIZE permissions default to all users.