Posted by DaveP on 02/15/07 15:05
thanks for the responses...
dave
"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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> DaveP (dvs_bis@sbcglobal.net) writes:
>> I want to increase a varchar(5000)
>> to varchar(8000) on a table that
>> has approximately million rows.....
>> What is the impact on the server
>
> This is a metadata change, so it will be about instant.
>
>
> --
> 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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