[dba-SQLServer] Strange limit

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Nov 15 15:49:59 CST 2012


Quotes around Column_number values?  Don't tell me column Column_number stores char 
values :-(

-- 
Stuart

On 15 Nov 2012 at 14:22, jwcolby wrote:

> sorry, the second in() should also be in column_number and is how I got around the limitation.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> 
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
> 
> On 11/15/2012 2:06 PM, jwcolby wrote:
> > I am running the folliowing query:
> >
> > SELECT     Column_Number, Column_Name
> > FROM         _DataDB101.dbo.DB101_ConsumerLayout
> > WHERE     (Column_Number IN ('241', '54', '64', '132', '191', '186', '133', '63', '139', '185',
> > '129', '151', '201', '147', '127', '113', '261')) OR
> >                        (Column_Name IN ('145', '141', '187', '52', '122'))
> >
> > Notice that I am asking for about 22 values in an In() clause.  SQL Server is cutting it off after
> > the 17th value returned.
> >
> > I never knew there was such a limit though of course there would be some limit.  17 is rather small.
> >
> 
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