How rigid is the max size of a VARCHAR in SQL Server?

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Published on 2010-03-17T17:32:51Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 17:41 UTC
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i.e. if I create a VARCHAR(50) field, what happens if I try to assign it a value that's 100 characters long?

Will SQL Server let me do this? Is it somehow less efficient?

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