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What's the best method to store long text string (> 5000 chars)?

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It depends on the database. With SQL server, you can use varchar(MAX) or text.

http://www.teratrax.com/articles/varchar_max.html explains about different storage types.

and of course, good ol' dependable msdn...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176089.aspx

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It's SQL Server 2005. Thanks.

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