ntext from SQL view, ArcMap read it as blob instead Text

DiegoLlamas — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:01:24 GMT

Hello,

In my SQL server database I have a field called observaciones_hechos(ntext,null).

in SQL appear as text

I am creating a view from this database table in ArcMap and for some reason instead seeing the text in the table of content I just see blob

How can I see the text instead blob in the view? Can I do that?

Thanks,

Diego Llamas

Re: ntext from SQL view, ArcMap read it as blob instead Text

JoshuaBixby — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 02:52:50 GMT

ntext is a legacy data type that has been deprecated: ntext, text, and image (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs

Fixed and variable-length data types for storing large non-Unicode and Unicode character and binary data. Unicode data uses the UNICODE UCS-2 character set.
IMPORTANT!ntext, text, and image data types will be removed in a future version of SQL Server. Avoid using these data types in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use them. Use nvarchar(max), varchar(max), and varbinary(max)instead.

ntext isn't listed as supported in ArcGIS: SQL Server data types supported in ArcGIS—Help | ArcGIS Desktop

Looking back through documentation, it appears ntext hasn't been supported since ArcGIS 9.2 or 9.3.1.

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