[sql] SQL NVARCHAR and VARCHAR Limits

Okay, so if later on down the line the issue is that you have a query that's greater than the allowable size (which may happen if it keeps growing) you're going to have to break it into chunks and execute the string values. So, let's say you have a stored procedure like the following:

CREATE PROCEDURE ExecuteMyHugeQuery
    @SQL VARCHAR(MAX) -- 2GB size limit as stated by Martin Smith
AS
BEGIN
    -- Now, if the length is greater than some arbitrary value
    -- Let's say 2000 for this example
    -- Let's chunk it
    -- Let's also assume we won't allow anything larger than 8000 total
    DECLARE @len INT
    SELECT @len = LEN(@SQL)

    IF (@len > 8000)
    BEGIN
        RAISERROR ('The query cannot be larger than 8000 characters total.',
                   16,
                   1);
    END

    -- Let's declare our possible chunks
    DECLARE @Chunk1 VARCHAR(2000),
            @Chunk2 VARCHAR(2000),
            @Chunk3 VARCHAR(2000),
            @Chunk4 VARCHAR(2000)

    SELECT @Chunk1 = '',
           @Chunk2 = '',
           @Chunk3 = '',
           @Chunk4 = ''

    IF (@len > 2000)
    BEGIN
        -- Let's set the right chunks
        -- We already know we need two chunks so let's set the first
        SELECT @Chunk1 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 1, 2000)

        -- Let's see if we need three chunks
        IF (@len > 4000)
        BEGIN
            SELECT @Chunk2 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 2001, 2000)

            -- Let's see if we need four chunks
            IF (@len > 6000)
            BEGIN
                SELECT @Chunk3 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 4001, 2000)
                SELECT @Chunk4 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 6001, (@len - 6001))
            END
              ELSE
            BEGIN
                SELECT @Chunk3 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 4001, (@len - 4001))
            END
        END
          ELSE
        BEGIN
            SELECT @Chunk2 = SUBSTRING(@SQL, 2001, (@len - 2001))
        END
    END

    -- Alright, now that we've broken it down, let's execute it
    EXEC (@Chunk1 + @Chunk2 + @Chunk3 + @Chunk4)
END

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