varchar(max) with QUOTENAME

• krishusavalia

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  June 6, 2012 at 2:01 pm

  #270265

  When I use QUOTENAME with varchar(max), it is giving me error

  DECLARE @test-2 VARCHAR(MAX),

  @String VARCHAR(MAX)

  SELECT @test-2 = '',

  @String = '1234567890'

  ;WITH

  cteTally AS

  (--==== Create a Tally CTE from 1 to 10,000

  SELECT TOP (10000)

  ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY t1.ID) AS N

  FROM Master.sys.SysColumns t1

  CROSS JOIN Master.sys.SysColumns t2

  )

  SELECT @test-2 = @test-2 + '1234567890'

  FROM cteTally

  SET @test-2= QUOTENAME(@Test,'''')

  SELECT LEN(@Test)

• Lowell

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  June 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm

  #1497891

  Boooks online says a the argument expects a varchar/nvarchar(128) for the max size.

  QUOTENAME ( 'character_string' [ , 'quote_character' ] )

  Arguments

  'character_string'

  Is a string of Unicode character data. character_string is sysname and is limited to 128 characters. Inputs greater than 128 characters return NULL.

  'quote_character'

  Is a one-character string to use as the delimiter. Can be a single quotation mark ( ' ), a left or right bracket ( [ ] ), or a double quotation mark ( " ). If quote_character is not specified, brackets are used.

  Return Types

  nvarchar(258)

  Examples

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• krishusavalia

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  June 6, 2012 at 2:37 pm

  #1497906

  Thank you very much. I just jumped without checking book online.