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 Posted by Dot Net Daddy on 08/05/06 11:49 
Great. It has done it. I was using nvarchar(MAX) as you told. 
 
Now it is ok. 
 
Thank you very much for your help guys. 
 
 
Erland Sommarskog wrote: 
> Dot Net Daddy (cagriandac@gmail.com) writes: 
> > What is uniqueidentifier as a data type? 
> 
> A uniqueidentifier is a 128-bit value, which is generated in such a way 
> that it is guaranteed to be unique in the whole universe. (Well, at least 
> this planet.) They are not specific to SQL Server, but Windows has them 
> all over the place, but calls them GUIDs. 
> 
> > Also what is the data type for setting unique STRINGS ((nchar, 
> > nvarchar), for example to be used for emails and user names in a user 
> > registration system). 
> > 
> > SQL Server does not allow me set primary keys for columns where data 
> > types are not INT. 
> 
> Huh? You can use almost any data type for primary keys. Since a primary 
> key is an index, the total key size may not execeed 900 bytes, so you 
> cannot use things like text or nvarchar(MAX). 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se 
> 
> Books Online for SQL Server 2005 at 
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books.mspx 
> Books Online for SQL Server 2000 at 
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
 
  
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