VARCHAR(MAX) stored off page?

  • Hi, lately I've been getting conflicting answers to this.

    I read somewhere that VARCHAR(MAX) will always automatically get stored off page. But I can't find that article right now, instead now I keep reading everywhere that it will only get stored off page if there is enough data in it to make the size of the row exceed the allowed 8k.

  • Technet article here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189087.aspx

    Depends on your settings, either can be true.


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