How to print VARCHAR(MAX) using Print Statement?

Question

I know it's an old question, but what I did is not mentioned here.

For me the following worked.

DECLARE @info NVARCHAR(MAX)

--SET @info to something big

PRINT CAST(@info AS NTEXT)

The following workaround does not use the PRINT statement. It works well in combination with the SQL Server Management Studio.

SELECT CAST('<root><![CDATA[' + @MyLongString + ']]></root>' AS XML)

You can click on the returned XML to expand it in the built-in XML viewer.

There is a pretty generous client side limit on the displayed size. Go to Tools/Options/Query Results/SQL Server/Results to Grid/XML data to adjust it if needed.

Here is how this should be done:

DECLARE @String NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @CurrentEnd BIGINT; /* track the length of the next substring */
DECLARE @offset tinyint; /*tracks the amount of offset needed */
set @string = replace(  replace(@string, char(13) + char(10), char(10))   , char(13), char(10))

WHILE LEN(@String) > 1
BEGIN
    IF CHARINDEX(CHAR(10), @String) between 1 AND 4000
    BEGIN
           SET @CurrentEnd =  CHARINDEX(char(10), @String) -1
           set @offset = 2
    END
    ELSE
    BEGIN
           SET @CurrentEnd = 4000
            set @offset = 1
    END   
    PRINT SUBSTRING(@String, 1, @CurrentEnd) 
    set @string = SUBSTRING(@String, @CurrentEnd+@offset, LEN(@String))   
END /*End While loop*/

Taken from http://ask.sqlservercentral.com/questions/3102/any-way-around-the-print-limit-of-nvarcharmax-in-s.html

You could do a WHILE loop based on the count on your script length divided by 8000.

EG:

DECLARE @Counter INT
SET @Counter = 0
DECLARE @TotalPrints INT
SET @TotalPrints = (LEN(@script) / 8000) + 1
WHILE @Counter < @TotalPrints 
BEGIN
    -- Do your printing...
    SET @Counter = @Counter + 1
END

Came across this question and wanted something more simple... Try the following:

SELECT [processing-instruction(x)]=@Script FOR XML PATH(''),TYPE

This proc correctly prints out VARCHAR(MAX) parameter considering wrapping:

CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Print]
    @sql varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
    declare
        @n int,
        @i int = 0,
        @s int = 0, -- substring start posotion
        @l int;     -- substring length

    set @n = ceiling(len(@sql) / 8000.0);

    while @i < @n
    begin
        set @l = 8000 - charindex(char(13), reverse(substring(@sql, @s, 8000)));
        print substring(@sql, @s, @l);
        set @i = @i + 1;
        set @s = @s + @l + 2; -- accumulation + CR/LF
    end

    return 0
END