Posted by Connie on 04/11/07 19:09

On Apr 10, 4:46 pm, "Plamen Ratchev" <Pla...@SQLStudio.com> wrote:
> "Erland Sommarskog" <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote in message
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> news:Xns990F2D6DACA2Yazorman@127.0.0.1...
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> > you don't say whether you tried this, but I can see that it will fail
> > with integer overflow. Howeever this should work:
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> > SELECT SUM(cast(datalength(document) as bigint)) FROM plan_report
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> Good catch Erland! I didn't see the big number and the overflow...
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> Plamen Ratchevhttp://www.SQLStudio.com

Thanks everyone.......your all awesome, Yes Erland I did try the
first option, but I did not try with the bigint.....I was looking at
it too long and getting frustrated I guess, but thanks again everyone,

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