textsize-transact-sql.md

description	@@TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL)
title	@@TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs
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@@TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server SQL Database]

Returns the current value of the TEXTSIZE option.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

@@TEXTSIZE  

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Return Types

integer

Examples

The following example uses SELECT to display the @@TEXTSIZE value before and after it is changed with the SET``TEXTSIZE statement.

-- Set the TEXTSIZE option to the default size of 4096 bytes.  
SET TEXTSIZE 0  
SELECT @@TEXTSIZE AS 'Text Size'  
SET TEXTSIZE 2048  
SELECT @@TEXTSIZE AS 'Text Size'  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Text Size
-----------
4096
Text Size
-----------
2048

See Also

Configuration Functions (Transact-SQL)
SET TEXTSIZE (Transact-SQL)