Display <Long Text> in a table ??

Hi there,
I have taken over a SQL 2000 database and within it is a table which has
content for ASP web pages.
Some of the content is pretty long, and for some reason is displayed as
<Long Text> in the table, up returning all rows.
I need to change this text, how can i do this by ammending the existing
text? I need to see what is there!
Hope you guys can help,
Thanx
Thanks in advance
Fawke
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Fawke
Look at UPDATETEXT in the BOL
"Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> I have taken over a SQL 2000 database and within it is a table which has
> content for ASP web pages.
> Some of the content is pretty long, and for some reason is displayed as
> <Long Text> in the table, up returning all rows.
> I need to change this text, how can i do this by ammending the existing
> text? I need to see what is there!
> Hope you guys can help,
> Thanx
> --
> Thanks in advance
> Fawke
> Please remove ANTI and SPAM
> from my email address before emailing me.
> www.bradflack.com
>
|||sorry, what are these?
forgive me, i am quite new to SQL
Thanks in advance
Fawke
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"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
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> Fawke
> Look at UPDATETEXT in the BOL
>
> "Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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>
|||BOL says:
Updates an existing text, ntext, or image field. Use UPDATETEXT to change
only a portion of a text, ntext, or image column in place. Use WRITETEXT to
update and replace an entire text, ntext, or image field.
This example puts the text pointer into the local variable @.ptrval, and then
uses UPDATETEXT to update a spelling error.
USE pubs
GO
EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'true'
GO
DECLARE @.ptrval binary(16)
SELECT @.ptrval = TEXTPTR(pr_info)
FROM pub_info pr, publishers p
WHERE p.pub_id = pr.pub_id
AND p.pub_name = 'New Moon Books'
UPDATETEXT pub_info.pr_info @.ptrval 88 1 'b'
GO
EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'false'
GO
For more details please refer to BOL (Books Online)
"Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> sorry, what are these?
> forgive me, i am quite new to SQL
> --
> Thanks in advance
> Fawke
> Please remove ANTI and SPAM
> from my email address before emailing me.
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> "Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
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has[vbcol=seagreen]
as[vbcol=seagreen]
existing
>
|||Check out below articles:
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
"Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message news:unRgynEKEHA.952@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi there,
> I have taken over a SQL 2000 database and within it is a table which has
> content for ASP web pages.
> Some of the content is pretty long, and for some reason is displayed as
> <Long Text> in the table, up returning all rows.
> I need to change this text, how can i do this by ammending the existing
> text? I need to see what is there!
> Hope you guys can help,
> Thanx
> --
> Thanks in advance
> Fawke
> Please remove ANTI and SPAM
> from my email address before emailing me.
> www.bradflack.com
>
|||Still a tad confused, is this the only way?
Can i not just view this in the table, i want to "see" what is there now,
and type in the new words/values.
Just like i would when changing a shorter piece of text (that i can see!) in
a table.....
Thanks in advance
Fawke
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"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
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> BOL says:
> Updates an existing text, ntext, or image field. Use UPDATETEXT to change
> only a portion of a text, ntext, or image column in place. Use WRITETEXT
to
> update and replace an entire text, ntext, or image field.
> This example puts the text pointer into the local variable @.ptrval, and
then
> uses UPDATETEXT to update a spelling error.
> USE pubs
> GO
> EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'true'
> GO
> DECLARE @.ptrval binary(16)
> SELECT @.ptrval = TEXTPTR(pr_info)
> FROM pub_info pr, publishers p
> WHERE p.pub_id = pr.pub_id
> AND p.pub_name = 'New Moon Books'
> UPDATETEXT pub_info.pr_info @.ptrval 88 1 'b'
> GO
> EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'false'
> GO
> For more details please refer to BOL (Books Online)
>
>
> "Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> has
> as
> existing
>
|||the field is ntext, where do i run this code? can i do this within the table
query?
a bit double-dutch
Thanks in advance
Fawke
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"Uri Dimant" <urid@.iscar.co.il> wrote in message
news:%23$G4w7EKEHA.2756@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> BOL says:
> Updates an existing text, ntext, or image field. Use UPDATETEXT to change
> only a portion of a text, ntext, or image column in place. Use WRITETEXT
to
> update and replace an entire text, ntext, or image field.
> This example puts the text pointer into the local variable @.ptrval, and
then
> uses UPDATETEXT to update a spelling error.
> USE pubs
> GO
> EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'true'
> GO
> DECLARE @.ptrval binary(16)
> SELECT @.ptrval = TEXTPTR(pr_info)
> FROM pub_info pr, publishers p
> WHERE p.pub_id = pr.pub_id
> AND p.pub_name = 'New Moon Books'
> UPDATETEXT pub_info.pr_info @.ptrval 88 1 'b'
> GO
> EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'select into/bulkcopy', 'false'
> GO
> For more details please refer to BOL (Books Online)
>
>
> "Fawke101" <guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote in message
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> has
> as
> existing
>
|||You can execute the statements in Query Analyzer.
-Sue
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:17:14 +0100, "Fawke101"
<guy@.ANTIbradflack.SPAMcom> wrote:

>the field is ntext, where do i run this code? can i do this within the table
>query?
>a bit double-dutch