@@TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL)

Returns the current value of the TEXTSIZE option of the SET statement. This specifies the maximum length, in bytes, of varchar(max), nvarchar(max), varbinary(max), text, or image data that a SELECT statement returns.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@TEXTSIZE

Return Types

integer

Remarks

The default size is 4096 bytes. The maximum size that @@TEXTSIZE returns is 2^31-1 bytes.

Examples

The following example uses SELECT to display the @@TEXTSIZE value before and after it is changed with the SET``TEXTSIZE statement.

SELECT @@TEXTSIZE AS 'Text Size'
SET TEXTSIZE 2048
SELECT @@TEXTSIZE AS 'Text Size'

Here is the result set.

Text Size  
-----------
4096       

Text Size  
-----------
2048       

See Also

Reference

Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
SET TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL)

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