Hello All,

SELECT DISTINCT tblJobReq.JobReqId, tblJobReq.JobStatusId, tblJobClass.JobClassId, tblJobClass.Title, tblJobReq.JobClassSubTitle, tblJobAnnouncement.JobClassDesc, tblJobAnnouncement.EndDate, tblJobAnnouncement.AgencyMktgVerbage, tblJobAnnouncement.SpecInfo, tblJobAnnouncement.Benefits, tblSalary.MinRateSal, tblSalary.MaxRateSal, tblSalary.MinRateHour, tblSalary.MaxRateHour, tblJobClass.StatementEval, tblJobReq.ApprovalDate, tblJobReq.RecruiterId, tblJobReq.AgencyId FROM ((tblJobReq LEFT JOIN tblJobAnnouncement ON tblJobReq.JobReqId =tblJobAnnouncement.JobReqId) INNER JOIN tblJobClass ON tblJobReq.JobClassId = tblJobClass.JobClassId) LEFT JOIN tblSalary ON tblJobClass.SalaryCode = tblSalary.SalaryCode WHERE (tblJobReq.JobClassId in (SELECT JobClassId from tblJobClass WHERE tblJobClass.Title like '%Family Therapist%'))

When i try to execute the query it results in the following error.

Cannot sort a row of size 8130, which is greater than the allowable maximum of 8094

I checked and didn't find any solution. The only way is to truncate (substring())the "tblJobAnnouncement.JobClassDesc" in the query which has column size of around 8000.

Do we have any work around so that i need not truncate the values. Or Can this query be optimised? Any setting in SQL Server 2000?