Max Characters and Non Allowable Characters in Thing Planner text fields

kmd
New Contributor III

Hello,

I've reviewed the documentation and so far have been unable to find the following information:

Maximum number of allowable characters in a text field - is it 40?

Are any special characters allowed (i.e. > < " etc.)?

Thanks

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NicolasArgente
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Hi @kmd 
I am not sure what you mean by text field, so I will assume it is the data entry in the Thing Register. As you know, those fields are define under Control List.
There are main kinds of control list : the NCodes and the Codes.
Ncodes is a decimal number with a precision of 28 digits, including 9 digits after the decimal point.
Codes - which is I think what you are refering to - is a text field character with 200 characters long.
Regarding the special characters, I am not aware of any in this solution. That being, I would strongly suggest that you stick to the "forbiden" characters for names of IDs in OS

   /  |  !  @  %  #  ,  ;  ^  *  +  -  =  \  ?  <  >  “  [  ]  {  }  &

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NicolasArgente
Contributor III

Hi @kmd 
I am not sure what you mean by text field, so I will assume it is the data entry in the Thing Register. As you know, those fields are define under Control List.
There are main kinds of control list : the NCodes and the Codes.
Ncodes is a decimal number with a precision of 28 digits, including 9 digits after the decimal point.
Codes - which is I think what you are refering to - is a text field character with 200 characters long.
Regarding the special characters, I am not aware of any in this solution. That being, I would strongly suggest that you stick to the "forbiden" characters for names of IDs in OS

   /  |  !  @  %  #  ,  ;  ^  *  +  -  =  \  ?  <  >  “  [  ]  {  }  &

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kmd
New Contributor III

Thanks very much Nicolas.  I was simply referring to any field that allowed a text string.  I believe the Code field setting is a column width setting of 200 but I could be wrong.  
Appreciate you including the forbidden characters here - I imagine any max # of characters limitation in Thing Planner would follow other OS naming conventions and limitations.  Thanks again 

NicolasArgente
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You are welcome @kmd 
I would simply give it a try with 200 characters and 201 characters. The second one should show an error.
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