[5.0.x] SqlServer: Add Cast to (n)varchar(max) when injecting Concat for multi-line seed data #24944
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Resolves #24112
Description
Silent truncation happens when using seed data containing line breaks and longer than 4000 bytes length.
Customer Impact
This causes corruption in user data due to truncation.
How found
Reported by a customer.
Test coverage
Test coverage for this case has been added in this PR.
Regression?
Yes, from EF Core 3.1.
Risk
Low. The change happens in SQL literal generation which is used extensively in various parts to generate SQL and well covered by tests. The fix is also quirked.