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I'm working on an existing stored procedure which uses Substring like so. I need to know what the limit is, 4000?<br />
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SELECT<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SUBSTRING<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;( ( SELECT Names<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;FROM &nbsp; &nbsp;table1<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;FOR XML path(''), elements), 1, <b>4000</b>)
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I'm working on an existing stored procedure which uses Substring like so. I need to know what the limit is, 4000?

SELECT
                SUBSTRING
                             ( ( SELECT Names
                                 FROM    table1
                                 FOR XML path(''), elements), 1, 4000)

SQL Substring Maximum Allowable Length?

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