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Multi-value field storage limit on IBM Domino

I have a Domino Form and i was thinking of keeping a log in a multi-value field. For example

User Foo Bar created a new Item on 1/2/2015

I am wondering what is the storage limit of a multi-value field?

Solution

  • The limit varies a bit based on whether or not you have the SUMMARY flag enabled for the field, and gets a bit complicated if you do. The general rule of thumb is about 32k per field, with variations and limits based on the summary state. You can go much higher if you store it as Rich Text or MIME. I believe that the multi-value delimiter is one byte, and most characters are also one byte.

    IBM has a table of limits here: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/#!/SSVRGU_9.0.1/com.ibm.designer.domino.main.doc/H_NOTES_AND_DOMINO_KNOWN_LIMITS.html

    Warning: do not go above 32k of summary data in a document - there's a decent chance that you will be allowed to save it, but the document will then become unreadable.