Changing the maximum length of a varchar column?

Question

I\'m trying to update the length of a varchar column from 255 characters to 500 without losing the contents. I\'ve dropped and re-created tables before but I\'ve never been expo

Answer 1

As an alternative, you can save old data and create a new table with new parameters.

In SQL Server Management Studio: "your database" => task => generatescripts => select specific database object => "your table" => advanced => types of data to script - schema and data => generate

Personally, I did so.