yeah. but. so is a lot on this list ;) ..tony
Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Fleet Management Solutions www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 -----Original Message----- From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner Actually, I'm a Coke and Mountain Dew coder. Hot caffeine just doesn't do it for me. But than, this is off topic, isn't it? 8^) -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:04 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > s'all good mang.....too bad I cant jive to well with java > kinda prefer mahuang and good old thc :) > > ..tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 2:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > No worries... I'm j/k with you. > > I've certainly sent out my fair share of emails while under the > influence of > heavy doses of caffeine 8^). > > The ever nice, > Mosh 8^) > > -- > Mosh Teitelbaum > evoch, LLC > Tel: (301) 625-9191 > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 9:31 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > > > > hey, it was late, and I had been looking at cf and xsl code for like 8 > > hours > > straight...... ;) > > be nice. > > > > ..tony > > > > Tony Weeg > > Senior Web Developer > > Information System Design > > Navtrak, Inc. > > Fleet Management Solutions > > www.navtrak.net > > 410.548.2337 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 1:38 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > > > > A whopping 16 characters? 8^) > > > > Actually, according to my SQL Server reference, the TEXT datatype can > > store > > 2,147,483,647 bytes. > > > > -- > > Mosh Teitelbaum > > evoch, LLC > > Tel: (301) 625-9191 > > Fax: (301) 933-3651 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:11 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > > > > > > > look at the datatype of "text" it holds 16 bytes of data, i believe. > > > > > > hth > > > > > > tony > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Munyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 12:04 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: SQL Text question from a beginner > > > > > > > > > I am new to web development (if I can call what I am doing web > > > development) and have a sql question and was hoping someone could > > point > > > me in the right direction. I have put together this data driven > > website > > > and found access to be insufficient to hold as much text as I wished > > in > > > a description field. Thus I moved to sql, but am finding the 4000 > > > character limitation for varchar to be a hindrance and not much > better > > > than the 255 character limit in access. I found a link a couple > > minutes > > > ago basically stating I was pretty much limited to 8000 characters > no > > > matter the data type I pick save for some concatenation maneuver. > So > > I > > > am wondering how I can just put a blob of text into the database. I > > > can't be the only guy who wants to store a couple pages of text in a > > > field in a database so that it can be queried to populate a web page > > can > > > I? On it's face it would seem that if I should be able to define > my > > > own data type to accommodate my needs? What is the right direction? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
