Maybe this would be very simple, but I have no idea why this is happening.
To put in simple way, I have inserted a row into a database table which contains a ntext column called content. String value which got in to this column content has a text length of 6889 characters. However when I do a basic select query based on id, it do retrieve the row - but not the complete text from the column Content. All I see in SQL Server Management Studio for this column when I do a select query is the text with characters 43679.
There is no issue with data being inserted and I could see all the text being displayed in front end application. The issue is only when I do a select query, and copy the text to notepad, I do see fewer characters. Anything with respect to SQL Server settings/paging/statistics? Appreciate if anyone could help me out with this.
thanks,
KK
I encountered similar problem, and I found that SSMS is unable to fully retrieve column that is longer than 43680 (in output to Grid mode).
So the work around is output it as XML (unlimited length):
SELECT convert(xml,'<xml><![CDATA[' + cast([your column] as varchar(max)) + ']]></xml>')
Then do a quick search and replace (< to < , > to > ) . You can now copy the result to Notepad++ to view all the content.
SSMS returns a maximum number of characters to the grid or text window of every text based column: SSMS menu: options: Query results node : SQL node : Results to grid / Results to text
I'm sure there is a good reason for this: probably SSMS would fall over even more regularly than it does now.
Hope this helps... no such thing as a silly question
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I got an email from my senior, to update a table column in SQL server.
In the mail they mentioned the data to update.
But when I copied the below mentioned content and used select query in SQL Server it results in "??????" characters.
Landmark : 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚘𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎,𝚋𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚊
select 'Landmark : 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚘𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎,𝚋𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚊'
I tried varbinary, ASCII conversion in SQL server and tried to format the data using word and excel but nothing works for me.
To my knowledge I think the data is in image format.
Please help me with this issue.
Note: I can simply type the content and update, but for my curiosity I want to know how to fix this issue.
I'm using SQL Server 2014 Management Studio to generate a text that will eventually be used to a file as you can see here:
SELECT 'begin' + REPLICATE(' ', 900) + 'end'--simplified for brevity
So there is a lot of blank spaces I need to write and I would like to use Results to File to create a txt file.
I ended up with the problem that SSMS truncate everything beyond about 300 characters.
In case I use Results to Grid I can't see the results without resize every time the grid but at least I can copy and paste them into a file.
Is it possible to remove this limitation for Results do File or Results to Text so I can see and output data with the same option?
Edit
I've already tried to change the maximum column size for text to 2048 but it did nothing.
Edit 2
Not a duplicate of how to get the full resultset from SSMS as Les H pointed out in comments because the problem there is the following:
... "results to grid" the data is encoded...
and
..."result to file" or "results to text" the text is limited to 8192
characters...
In my problem and even didn't hit the 8192 mark.
Consider below query containing both Persian(a right to left language) and English(a left to right language):
SELECT 'نرم افزار SQL سرور'
the required result is this string :
سرور SQL نرم افزار
Is there any function or any other way to converting string from ltr to rtl??
It is required to add N before string literal: SELECT N'نرم افزار SQL سرور'. This is needed to correctly interpret contained Unicode characters. (Source)
Important: In some cases, please avoid using standard copy-paste in order to put SELECT into SSMS command window. This could affect the RTL/LTR order. Instead, try to open correctly composed file using File > Open.
And regarding your comment:
the result should be : سرور SQL نرم افزار`
I admit I understand RTL writing system only partially, but from what I can see, Persian words are put to the output exactly in order as you entered them (even if reading right to left). Could you show me based on Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm or similar standards document why the word order should be changed by SQL Server? Shouldn't be change you expect made by preprocessing on another place, sending expected string form SELECT N'سرور SQL نرم افزار'? I see no point why just SQL SELECT should perform the change. If it did, what would happen if you feed result of such a SELECT into another SELECT? Another transformation? I have reasons to think that SQL server is interpreting your input technically correctly.
Hint: maybe you can try to surround your RTL text by different Directional formatting characters.
Please try the same SELECT with MySQL server at SQL Fiddle. Different server and technology, but the same result as Microsoft SQL Server gave.
Result from SSMS with MS SQL Server:
Conclusion: in order to get expected result, please form the input accordingly.
Related: Transformation of word order you expected can be done by appropriate settings in user interface.
When we add digit with english this will again not work following solution will work
SELECT nchar(8234)+ N' 33-M ' + N'کلینک کمرہ نمبر' +nchar(8236) + N'میں تشریف لائیں'
Pretty simple one today. I've got a column, let's call it title, with a bunch of project titles. What I need to to pull everything from the left of the ":" and do a left/right trim (I'm then going to be using that in a join later on but I just need a column with the new data for now). So here's an example of what the current column looks like:
And here's what I need it to look like after the query is run:
The problem is while the # are 6 characters now, I can't guarantee they'll always be 6 characters. So if I was doing this in Excel I'd use the deliminated feature or just write a left/len/search function. Wondering how to do the same in SQL. BTW, I'm using SQL Server Management Studio.
Thoughts?
Assuming that your number is always followed by a [space]:[space], then simply look for that first space, and use its location as the argument for a left-substring operation:
SELECT LEFT(Title, CHARINDEX(' ', Title, 0)) AS "New Title"
p.s. Just say you're using MS SQL Server. SSMS is just a management front-end for that database.
check this post out. it does exactly what you are trying to do.
SQL Server replace, remove all after certain character
I am looking for a way to set the width on the returned column result from a SQL query.
I run a query like Select Product from ConfigScheduling where Product is an Nvarchar(Max) column.
The result in SQL Server Management Studio with Results to Grid is a 90 char wide visible column, with the full result present, but not visible.
Thank you
Couldn't find it by default, but if you double-click on the right part of the Column Header it will stretch like in Excel.
Tools>Options>Query Results>SQL Server>Results to Grid>Non XML data
Tools>Options>Query Results>SQL Server>Results to Text>Maximum number of characters displayed in each column.
If these still don't suit your needs, you'll need to use another tool such as bcp or sqlcmd/osql.
If I remember correctly, SQL Server Management Studio cannot pull the whole nvarchar(max) field into display and won't attempt to either. The only way to fully access the resultset is to use a third party tool or display it in a gridview or something in a webapp.