mssql how to alter column length from max to specific value without dropping the table Edit
I have a table named Purchase with several columns including PurchaseOrderNumber and PurchaseOrderLine with column data type nvarchar(max) I would like to change the data type to nvarchar(64) without dropping the table.
I am looking to change from
[PurchaseOrderNumber] [nvarchar](max) NULL, [PurchaseOrderLine] [nvarchar](max) NULL, TO [PurchaseOrderNumber] [nvarchar](64) NULL, [PurchaseOrderLine] [nvarchar](64) NULL,
Solution
You can use the alter table TableName alter column command to do the same.
alter table TableName alter column PurchaseOrderNumber nvarchar(64) alter table TableName alter column PurchaseOrderLine nvarchar(64)