topic Re: is there a charcater limit for attribute table headers in Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online & Portal Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/admin-tools-for-arcgis-online-portal-questions/is-there-a-charcater-limit-for-attribute-table/m-p/820373#M203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You mean field names character limits, I am guessing...</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm">File geodatabase size and name limits—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/tables/design-defining-fields-in-tables.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/tables/design-defining-fields-in-tables.htm">Defining fields in tables—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>some tidbits from the latter... it all depends on where the table is from</P><P></P><P><EM>Field names in the same table must be unique; for instance, you can't have two columns with the name ObjectID. Field names must also start with a letter and not contain spaces or reserved words.<STRONG> Field names are limited to 64 characters for both file and personal geodatabases, 31 characters in SQL Server and SQLExpress, 30 characters in Oracle and DB2; dBASE is limited to 10 characters.</STRONG></EM></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:29:43 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2016-03-22T17:29:43Z is there a charcater limit for attribute table headers https://community.esri.com/t5/admin-tools-for-arcgis-online-portal-questions/is-there-a-charcater-limit-for-attribute-table/m-p/820372#M202 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In arcmap online, is there a character limit for the headers of the data in the attribute table? </P><P></P><P>Example: Column 'A' can have how many characters before it maxes out?</P><P></P><P>I hope this isn't too obscure of a question...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:40:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/admin-tools-for-arcgis-online-portal-questions/is-there-a-charcater-limit-for-attribute-table/m-p/820372#M202 AlexGeritz 2016-03-22T16:40:50Z Re: is there a charcater limit for attribute table headers https://community.esri.com/t5/admin-tools-for-arcgis-online-portal-questions/is-there-a-charcater-limit-for-attribute-table/m-p/820373#M203 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You mean field names character limits, I am guessing...</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm">File geodatabase size and name limits—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/tables/design-defining-fields-in-tables.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/manage-data/tables/design-defining-fields-in-tables.htm">Defining fields in tables—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P><P>some tidbits from the latter... it all depends on where the table is from</P><P></P><P><EM>Field names in the same table must be unique; for instance, you can't have two columns with the name ObjectID. Field names must also start with a letter and not contain spaces or reserved words.<STRONG> Field names are limited to 64 characters for both file and personal geodatabases, 31 characters in SQL Server and SQLExpress, 30 characters in Oracle and DB2; dBASE is limited to 10 characters.</STRONG></EM></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:29:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/admin-tools-for-arcgis-online-portal-questions/is-there-a-charcater-limit-for-attribute-table/m-p/820373#M203 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-03-22T17:29:43Z