READTEXT statement [T-SQL]

Use this statement to read text and image values from the database, starting from a specified offset and reading a specified number of bytes.

Syntax
READTEXT table-name.column-name
text-pointer-offset-size  
[ HOLDLOCK ]
Remarks

READTEXT is used to read image and text values from the database. You cannot perform READTEXT operations on views.

Permissions

SELECT permissions on the table.

Side effects

None.

See also
Standards and compatibility
  • SQL/2003   Transact-SQL extension.