Здравствуйте, gBopHuk, Вы писали:
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BH>Microsoft SQL Server stores character strings longer than 8,000 characters and binary data longer than 8,000 bytes in special data types named text and image.

Sql server 2008 books online

По моему это совершенно неправильный совет. В том же Books Online написано следуюющее:

Important:
ntext, text, and image data types will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using these data types in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use them. Use nvarchar(max), varchar(max), and varbinary(max) instead.