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Length Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The Length property specifies the maximum number of characters or bytes accepted by the referenced column or user-defined data type.

Syntax

object.Length [=value]

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A long integer greater than or equal to 1

Data Type

Long

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetLength(LPLONG pRetVal);
HRESULT SetLength(LONG pRetVal);

Remarks

For SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) objects referencing columns and user-defined data types defined on character data types, such as char and nchar, interpret the Length property as a number of characters. For objects referencing columns and user-defined data types defined on binary data types, such as varbinary, interpret the Length property as a number of bytes.