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hi,i want to create this funcion but sql not allowed,

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create FUNCTION returnrahgiri(@rahgiri text)
RETURNS text
as
BEGIN
return (Select response  from work_with_us  where (response=@rahgiri))
END

message error:

Msg 2716, Level 16, State 1, Procedure returnrahgiri, Line 1
Column, parameter, or variable #0: Cannot specify a column width on data type text.

how i can fix this problem???

Posted 22-Sep-13 1:09am

Member 8453437

Updated 22-Sep-13 1:10am

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Mike Meinz 22-Sep-13 7:16am

Your Select statement is returning the value used in the Where clause. You already know the value of Response, why do you need to execute a function to retrieve the value of Response?

The Data Type Text is deprecated. You should not use it in new development. Use varchar or nvarchar instead.

How are you calling this function from your application?

On SQL Server 2012, I get this error message when trying to create the function:

Msg 2733, Level 16, State 1, Procedure returnrahgiri, Line 6
The text data type is invalid for return values.

phil.o 23-Sep-13 1:55am

I agree ; totally nonsense to create a stored procedure to return a value that you already know in the first place. Maybe it's a typo, the OP might want to retrieve the 'response' from an ID field but has not done the right query. Without more information it's hard to tell.

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Madhu Nair · Answer 1 · 2013-09-22T18:44:00

Solution 1

With Functions in SQL, you can't use Text, try using VARCHAR(MAX) which works the same way as Text

Posted 22-Sep-13 18:44pm

Madhu Nair