sql server with centos data type issue

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danijebx
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sql server with centos data type issue

Post by danijebx » 2017/12/07 06:15:40

I have SQL server.
i get the datas(japanese character) from sql server database through centos.
In sql server column datatype have varchar(10) but through centos the varchar(10) is not enough i need varchar(20) means ok.
how to get the original data ?

oruji
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Re: sql server with centos data type issue

Post by oruji » 2017/12/08 11:24:28

you can update the length of varchar column from 10 character to 20 without losing the content like below:
ALTER TABLE YourTable ALTER COLUMN YourColumn VARCHAR (20) NOT NULL;

or leave it unspecified as

ALTER TABLE YourTable ALTER COLUMN YourColumn VARCHAR (20);

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