Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 02/08/07 23:04

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.


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