What is the output of this statement?
select cast('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890' as varchar)
It's
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234
Why?
Because, CAST uses a default size of 30 for varchar!
Always make sure you specify the size of your dataypes to avoid such gotchas.
select cast('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890' as varchar)
It's
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234
Why?
Because, CAST uses a default size of 30 for varchar!
Always make sure you specify the size of your dataypes to avoid such gotchas.
