topic Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4344#M309 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In versions of SQL Server 2008 and 2012, the maximum allowable field name length is 31 characters. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>Source: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000</A></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:01:22 GMT WilliamCraft 2014-03-13T10:01:22Z Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4343#M308 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have SQL geodatabase (*.mdf) and wanted to know the maximum length the name of a field can take.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[ATTACH=CONFIG]32177[/ATTACH]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does the name of fields of the file geodatabase take more character than the enterprise geodatabase?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jamal</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 07:28:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4343#M308 JamalNUMAN 2014-03-13T07:28:51Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4344#M309 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In versions of SQL Server 2008 and 2012, the maximum allowable field name length is 31 characters. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>Source: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000</A></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:01:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4344#M309 WilliamCraft 2014-03-13T10:01:22Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4345#M310 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>File geodatabase field name length can be up to 64 characters.&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>Source: </SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n00000019000000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n00000019000000</A></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:04:39 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4345#M310 WilliamCraft 2014-03-13T10:04:39Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4346#M311 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Character limit for Field name in ArcSDE on SQL Server is 31 and Feature Class naming is 128.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:14:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4346#M311 NidhinKarthikeyan 2014-03-13T10:14:12Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4347#M312 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">In versions of SQL Server 2008 and 2012, the maximum allowable field name length is 31 characters. <BR /><BR />Source: <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//003n000000zw000000</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Many thanks William and Nidhin for the help</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jamal</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:51:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4347#M312 JamalNUMAN 2014-03-13T11:51:25Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4348#M313 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The problem still persists on ArcGIS 10.4</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Jun 2016 17:06:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4348#M313 deleted-user-0W0-oLHxDjCX 2016-06-08T17:06:15Z Re: Field name length of the enterprise geodatabase tables\layers, https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4349#M314 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Similar is case for Oracle Database. Length for Column name could be maximum 31 characters</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:15:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/field-name-length-of-the-enterprise-geodatabase/m-p/4349#M314 User35489 2016-08-18T08:15:31Z