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Calculated field column - number of characters

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Hi,
I had added a validation for list items in my SharePoint list by going to List settings--> Validation settings, it worked fine until i added few more lines of logic to it. Does calculated column has hard limit on number of characters?
Thanks
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:03 PM
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Calculated Column Limits is 1024 Characters
http://sharepointkb.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/calculated-column-limits-1024-characters/
But do check below as well
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/9acd357f-b329-473a-8f95-df7dfd62d1a2/maximum-numbers-of-characters-in-calculated-column?forum=sharepointgenerallegacy
- Marked as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Friday, May 9, 2014 8:19 AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:43 PM -
- Edited by Senthilrajan Kaliyaperumal Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:49 PM
- Marked as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Friday, May 9, 2014 8:19 AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:47 PM
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Yes, It allows only 256 characters
Senthilrajan Kaliyaperumal
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:22 PM -
Thanks for the quick response Senthilrajan.
My question was on number of characters allowed in Formula section not the output. I already had a working validation with more than 256 characters, it failed when i added few more lines of logic.
Thanks.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:26 PM -
Calculated Column Limits is 1024 Characters
http://sharepointkb.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/calculated-column-limits-1024-characters/
But do check below as well
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/9acd357f-b329-473a-8f95-df7dfd62d1a2/maximum-numbers-of-characters-in-calculated-column?forum=sharepointgenerallegacy
- Marked as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Friday, May 9, 2014 8:19 AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:43 PM -
- Edited by Senthilrajan Kaliyaperumal Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:49 PM
- Marked as answer by Hemendra Agrawal Friday, May 9, 2014 8:19 AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:47 PM