nvarchar(max)
is a datatype in Microsoft SQL Server that allows for storing Unicode character data of variable length, up to a maximum of 2^31-1 bytes.
In other databases, the equivalent datatype and syntax for storing variable-length Unicode character data would be:
PostgreSQL:
varchar(n)
ortext
varchar(n)
allows you to specify a maximum length, wheren
is the number of characters you want to store. If you don't specify a length, it defaults to 1.text
does not have a length restriction.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in PostgreSQL, but you can usetext
instead.text
can store up to 1GB of data, which is significantly larger than the maximum size ofnvarchar(max)
.
SQLite:
TEXT
TEXT
allows you to store character data of any length. SQLite does not have a maximum length restriction forTEXT
data.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in SQLite, but you can useTEXT
instead.
MySQL:
VARCHAR(n)
orLONGTEXT
VARCHAR(n)
allows you to specify a maximum length, wheren
is the number of characters you want to store. If you don't specify a length, it defaults to 1.LONGTEXT
does not have a length restriction.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in MySQL, but you can useLONGTEXT
instead.LONGTEXT
can store up to 4GB of data, which is significantly larger than the maximum size ofnvarchar(max)
.
Hive:
STRING
STRING
allows you to store character data of any length. Hive does not have a maximum length restriction forSTRING
data.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in Hive, but you can useSTRING
instead.
ClickHouse:
String
orFixedString(n)
String
allows you to store variable-length character data.FixedString(n)
allows you to store a fixed-length string ofn
characters.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in ClickHouse, but you can useString
instead.String
can store up to 2^64-1 bytes of data, which is significantly larger than the maximum size ofnvarchar(max)
.
Greenplum:
varchar(n)
ortext
varchar(n)
allows you to specify a maximum length, wheren
is the number of characters you want to store. If you don't specify a length, it defaults to 1.text
does not have a length restriction.- There is no direct equivalent for
nvarchar(max)
in Greenplum, but you can usetext
instead.text
can store up to 1GB of data, which is significantly larger than the maximum size ofnvarchar(max)
.
Restrictions for each of these data types are as follows:
PostgreSQL:
varchar(n)
can store up ton
characters, wheren
can be up to 10485760 (10^7).text
does not have a length restriction.SQLite:
TEXT
can store up to 2^31-1 bytes of data.MySQL:
VARCHAR(n)
can store up ton
characters, wheren
can be up to 65535.LONGTEXT
can store up to 4GB of data.Hive:
STRING
can store up to 2^31-1 bytes of data.ClickHouse: `