topic Re: Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features in Data Management Questions

Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features

anusuyamedhi — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:16:22 GMT

Can anybody tell me maximum character length accepted for ArcSDE feature

Re: Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features

NidhinKarthikeyan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:53:00 GMT

Do you mean ArcSDE Feature class ?
The Character limit for ArcSDE Feature class is 30.

Re: Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features

VinceAngelo — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:42:28 GMT

Welcome to the Esri Forums. It's generally best to try searching on the content of your
question before adding a new one. For example, a search on "maximum length" in the
lower search box above ("Search Forums" from Geodatabase & ArcSDE) returned eight
threads (not including yours) and two of them had the information Nidhin provided.

Reading other posts also provides feedback on how to write a good question. You should
make sure to specify which version (and service pack) of ArcGIS software you are using
in every query. Here in Geodatabase & ArcSDE, we'll also need to know which database
you're using (database product and exact release or service pack).

If you mean something other than field name maximum length, and it's not covered
by the comprehensive list of name limits, then please clarify your question.

- V

Re: Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features

NidhinKarthikeyan — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:49:24 GMT

Anusuya,

The character limit(30), which I mentioned yesterday was for ArcSDE on Oracle. I did a quick test and observed that character limit for field name in Arcsde on SQL Server is 31.

Re: Maximum length of character for ArcSDE features

NidhinKarthikeyan — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:58:03 GMT

If you mean 'character limit' for feature class naming(ArcSDE), then its 30 in Oracle and 128 in SQL Server.