topic Re: Length of a comment or Notes attribute field in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207668#M11908 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maximum length for text field is :</P><UL><LI>For shape file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; 254</LI><LI>For feature class &gt;&nbsp; 2147483647 </LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:40:04 GMT AbdullahAnter 2016-06-30T16:40:04Z Length of a comment or Notes attribute field https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207666#M11906 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello everyone,</P><P></P><P>How do you recommend to create a field for Comments or Notes in a feature class?</P><P>as a text field? What will be the maximum size?</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:19:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207666#M11906 JoseSanchez 2016-06-30T15:19:44Z Re: Length of a comment or Notes attribute field https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207667#M11907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Jose,</P><P></P><P>I think this will all depend on what information you are putting in. Maybe keep it to under 255 characters if you want to export it to a shapefile or so (since that is about the max length of a shapefile text field). </P><P></P><P>This link will give you some info on file geodatabase size limits:</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/administer-file-gdbs/file-geodatabase-size-and-name-limits.htm">File geodatabase size and name limits—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:38:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207667#M11907 AdrianWelsh 2016-06-30T16:38:29Z Re: Length of a comment or Notes attribute field https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207668#M11908 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Maximum length for text field is :</P><UL><LI>For shape file&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; 254</LI><LI>For feature class &gt;&nbsp; 2147483647 </LI></UL></BODY></HTML> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:40:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/length-of-a-comment-or-notes-attribute-field/m-p/207668#M11908 AbdullahAnter 2016-06-30T16:40:04Z