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Alistair77
Alistair77

Reputation: 1218

Size limit of XML variable in SQL Server 2008

I'm passing XML into a stored proc. I know the max size of the internal binary representation of an XML document is 2GB. But does this limit also apply to xml variables that be held in memory while the sproc runs?

[EDIT] Is the 2GB limit still relevant to SQL Server running in 64-bit mode which can use up to 7 terabytes of RAM? [EDIT]

Upvotes: 12

Views: 32850

Answers (1)

Mikael Eriksson
Mikael Eriksson

Reputation: 138980

Yes it is the same as I read this. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187339.aspx

You can store xml instances in a column, or a variable of xml type

and

The stored representation of xml data type instances cannot exceed 2 gigabytes (GB) in size.

Highlights is done by me.

Update The limit is the same for 64-bit OS.

Upvotes: 22

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