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Table of Notes and Domino known limits
The following table summarizes the known maximum limits of various Notes and Domino features.
ItemMaximum limit
Database sizeThe maximum OS file size limit -- (up to 64GB)
Text field size32KB (storage); 32KB displayed in a view's column
Rich text field sizeLimited only by available disk space up to 1GB
Response levels in a hierarchical view; number of documents per level31 levels; 300,000 documents
Characters in namesDatabase Title: 96 bytes

Filenames: On Windows® and UNIX® platforms minimum of 255 and/or OS limits; on local Macintosh workstation 31

Field names: 32

View names: 64

Form names: 32

Agent names: 32

Fields in a database~ 3000 (limited to ~ 64K total length for all field names). You can enable the database property "Allow more fields in database" to get up to 22,893 uniquely-named fields in the database.
Columns in a table64
Rows in a table255
Views in a databaseNo limit; however, as the number of views increases, the length of time to display other views also increases
Forms in a databaseLimited only by database size.
Columns in a view289 ten-character columns; dependent upon # or characters per column
Documents imported into a viewDocuments totaling at least 350K
Cascading views in a database200
Margin size (in inches)46
Page cropping size (in inches)46
Point size to select or print250
Documents in a viewMaximum of 130MB for a view index
Documents that can be exported to tabular textLimited only by available disk space
Entries in an Access Control List (ACL)~950 names (ACL size is limited to 32767 bytes)
Roles in an Access Control List75 Roles
ID password length63 characters
Authorized users on a multiple password ID8 users
Outline entries in an outline~21,000 entries

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