Yeah, I was pretty sure too, but thought maybe things had changed since MS SQL 2000. In any case, in SQL 2000, it fails with:
text, ntext, and image data types cannot be compared or sorted, except when using IS NULL or LIKE operator. Is this still the case with MS SQL 2005? Cheers, Kris > I'm pretty certain you are not allowed to use regular string functions > on *text* data types in MS SQL 2000. > > If you want to check for length, try this: > > IF (DATALENGTH(@text_var) > 0) > > ~Brad > Inequality <> works just fine for MS SQL Server TSQL for versions 2000 > and > 2005. > > Teddy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:255736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
