DF202: Deprecated TEXT, NTEXT, or IMAGE data type is used.

Last modified: May 28, 2025

The topic describes the DF202 T-SQL code analysis rule.

Message

Deprecated TEXT, NTEXT, or IMAGE data type is used.

The TEXT, NTEXT, and IMAGE data types are deprecated. It is recommended to use VARCHAR(MAX), NVARCHAR(MAX), and VARBINARY(MAX) data types instead.

DECLARE @v TEXT;
SELECT @v AS txt
GO

DECLARE @v NVARCHAR(max);
SELECT @v AS txt
GO

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