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Classic asp limit on database field size?

I have created a classic asp page pulling data from a SQL Server 2005 database. (I'm generating these files with DBtoHTML Express and it doesn't allow .aspx file extension)
If I set the field size in the database to something like nvarchar(2000), then the data is not pulled from that field, but it is pulled from fields that have a size nvarchar(150). Does classic asp have a limit to the size of the fields that it pulls from?

jmestep

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Here is the connection string in case that has something to do with it:
<%
Dim objDBConn
Dim strConn
Dim rsData
Dim strSQL
Dim strState, strCity, strStateAbbr
Set objDBConn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
strConn= "Driver={SQL Server};Server=THEGGLLC;Database=Static;Uid=<user>;Pwd=<password>;"
'strConn= "Driver={SQL Server};Server=GEEK\GEEK3;Database=Static;Uid=<user>;Pwd=<password>;"
objDBConn.Open strConn
Set rsData=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rsData.ActiveConnection = objDBConn
strCity=""
strStateAbbr=""
strSQL="SELECT Data.*, States.State FROM Data INNER JOIN States ON Data.State_Abbr = States.State_Abbr where Data.State_Abbr ='" & strStateAbbr & "' and Data.City = '" & strCity & "'"
rsData.Open strSQL, objDBConn
If not rsData.EOF Then
strState=rsData("State")
%>

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jmestep

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Thanks for removing that info.
I did some research last night and it turns out it was the nvarchar(MAX) field and that I would need to use a different kind of connection.
http://bytes.com/forum/thread589355.html

Göran Andersson

There is a size limitation on the record, but not the separate fields in the record. The entire record has to fit in the data buffer, which usually is 8 kb.

If you use any blob fields (text/image/varchar(max)), they are not sent as part of the record, but in a separate stream. Those fields can only be read once, and they have to be read in the exact order that they come in the stream, i.e. in the order that they are written in the select query.