| Limit | R5 | ND6 |
| What is the maximum size of a database? | 64 GB (gigabyte) or the OS file system's limit (2 GB on some older UNIX platforms)
See note under ND6 about Macintosh limit of 2GB. Note sure if this is a problem for R5 or not | 64 GB (gigabyte) or the OS file system's limit (2 GB on some older UNIX platforms). On Windows, the limit is OS file system limit, which for Windows 2003 is "way bigger than you'll ever need". It was previously reported that this could exceed 64 GB on Windows systems, but technote 1093509 states that this is not true, and readers have confirmed that 64 GB is a hard limit.
According to technote 1113005, there are some serious problems with >2GB size on Macintosh client. |
What is the maximum size of plain text fields?
(e.g., group Members field?) | 15KB per (summary) text field;
64KB per (non-summary) text field;
30KB of fields per document (storage); 15KB displayed in a view's column | 15KB per (summary) text field;
64KB per (non-summary) text field;
30KB of fields per document (storage); 15KB displayed in a view's column |
| What is the maximum size of all summary fields in a document combined? | 64KB of summary data per document | 64KB of summary data per document |
| What is the maximum size of a computed text field? | 64,363 characters | 64,363 characters |
| What is the maximum size of a single paragraph in a rich text field? | 64KB (this is approximately 35k of text, though) | 64KB (this is approximately 35k of text, though) |
| What is the maximum number of paragraph styles? | 64,000 unique paragraph styles in a single document | 64,000 unique paragraph styles in a single document |
| How many sublevels in a hierarchical view; how many documents at each level? | 31 levels; 300,000 documents | 31 levels; 300,000 documents |
| What is the maximum number of windows you can have open simultaneously? | limited by memory; 35(?) accessible from keyboard | limited by memory; 35(?) accessible from keyboard |
| How many characters are allowed in names for views, forms, and so on? | Database Title: 32
Filename: limited by OS's file system
Field names: 32
View names: 64
Folder names: 64
Form names: 32
Macro names: 32 | Database Title: 96
Filename: limited by OS's file system
Field names: 32
View names: 64
Folder names: 64
Form names: 32
Macro names: 32
ACL entry: 255 |
| How many characters are allowed in various administrative names? | Domain name: 31
Notes named network: 31
Organization (O) name: 3 (min) to 62 (max), or 2 (min) if you include Country code
Organizational unit (OU) name: 32
Common name (CN): 80
Server name: 79
User name: 79
Group name: 62
Country code (C): 2 (or 0 since it is optional)
Port: No maximum
Most are the same between R5 and ND6. Not sure whether Organization name difference is real of documentation error. | Domain name: 31
Notes named network: 31
Organization (O) name: 3 (min) to 64 (max), or 2 (min) if you include Country code
Organizational unit (OU) name: 32
Common name (CN): 80
Server name: 79
User name: 79
Group name: 62
Country code (C): 2 (or 0 since it is optional)
Port: No maximum
Source is "Table of Domino naming requirements" from ND6 Admin Help db |
| How many aliases are allowed for views? | Up to 130 characters for all view aliases per view, including vertical-bar separators ("|"), including the view name | Up to 130 characters for all view aliases per view, including vertical-bar separators ("|"), including the view name |
| What is the maximum size for Mail recipient names in a single mail message? | For individual names and private groups which expand locally, 15KB; for public groups which expand on a server, 2MB of recipient names (based on fully qualified names, for example, Les Kaplan @ Marketing). | For individual names and private groups which expand locally, 15KB; for public groups which expand on a server, 2MB of recipient names (based on fully qualified names, for example, Les Kaplan @ Marketing). |
| How many mail rules in a mail DB? | 50 | 100 |
| What is the maximum number of individual reader names/group names in a single document? | 2005 (This is a reported limit, not a documented limit, and it has not been verified. Supposedly, after this many, no matter the size of the field, the indexer will stop displaying the document in views, and the editor will not save) | 2005 (This is a reported limit, not a documented limit, and it has not been verified. Supposedly, after this many, no matter the size of the field, the indexer will stop displaying the document in views, and the editor will not save) |
| What's the maximum password length allowed on an ID? | 63 characters | 63 characters |
| 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. | ~ 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. |
| How many fields in a form? | 10MB memory (6MB memory for OS/2) | 10MB memory (6MB memory for OS/2) |
| columns in one table | 64 | 64 |
| rows in one table | 255 | 255 |
| nested table depth | 8 nestings | 8 nestings |
| min/max width of a table cell set through Designer | 0.125" (0.318cm) minimum
22.75" (57.785cm) maximum | 0.125" (0.318cm) minimum
22.75" (57.785cm) maximum |
| min/max width of a table cell set through API | 0.001" minimum, but less than 0.028 messes with borders
22.755" maximum | 0.001" minimum, but less than 0.028 messes with borders
22.755" maximum |
| views in a database | No limit; however, as the number of views increases, the length of time to display other views also increases | No limit; however, as the number of views increases, the length of time to display other views also increases |
| forms in a database | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| columns in a view | 289 ten-character columns; dependent upon # or characters per column | 289 ten-character columns; dependent upon # or characters per column |
| How wide can a column be (# of inches)? | 15KB displayed in a view's column | 15KB displayed in a view's column |
| What's the largest view column title allowed? | 50 characters | 80 characters |
| What is the total size of computable simple text fields? | 63K | 63K |
| How many paragraphs in a document? | 21,509 (19,004 for OS/2) | 21,509 (19,004 for OS/2) |
| What is the maximum size of a rich text field? | Limited only by available disk space up to 1GB | Limited only by available disk space up to 1GB |
| What is the maximum number of inserted page breaks? | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| How many documents can be imported into a view? | Individual documents: up to 350K;
from a spreadsheet, 8192 rows;
5000 separate documents | Individual documents: up to 350K;
from a spreadsheet, 8192 rows;
5000 separate documents |
| cascading views in a database | 200 | 200 |
| How many copies of a document can be printed at once? | 65,535 | 65,535 |
| What is the maximum value allowed in "Start page numbers at" field? | 65,535 | 65,535 |
| margin size (in inches) | 46 | 46 |
| page cropping size (in inches) | 46 | 46 |
| point size to select/print | 250 | 250 |
| maximum number of soft-deleted documents in a database | 1000 | 32,768 |
| documents in a view | Maximum of 128 GB for a view index.
(16 M page of B-tree space, 8kB/page)
Also limited by available disk space (2 GB on some UNIX platforms).
View containers in R5 databases (ODS 3.1 up) do not have a container size limit. The view size limit is now determined by the maximum number of pages that can be created which is 16,777,214. A page holds 8 KB so that means the maximum size for a view is 137,438,937,088 bytes (128 GB). | Maximum of 128 GB for a view index.
(16 M page of B-tree space, 8kB/page)
Also limited by available disk space (2 GB on some UNIX platforms).
View containers in R5 databases (ODS 3.1 up) do not have a container size limit. The view size limit is now determined by the maximum number of pages that can be created which is 16,777,214. A page holds 8 KB so that means the maximum size for a view is 137,438,937,088 bytes (128 GB). |
| What's the maximum number of profile documents allowed in a database? | 6000-6100 per database : s/w limitation | around 6000-6100 per database: s/w limitation |
| What is the maximum number of documents that can be exported to Tabular Text? | Limited only by available disk space | Limited only by available disk space |
| How many levels of responses will display in a view? | 31 levels of response to 1 main document | 31 levels of response to 1 main document |
| How many responses per parent document? | (bug:15,796 responses per document in R5 to 5.0.10) | 300,000 documents |
| What is the maximum number of entries in an Access Control List? | Approx: 950 names
(ACL size is limited to 32767 bytes) | Approx: 950 names
(ACL size is limited to 32767 bytes) |
| What is the maximum number of roles in an access control list? | 75 Roles | 75 Roles |
| What is the maximum length of a role name in an ACL? | 15 characters | 15 characters |
| What is the maximum number of ACL groups a user can be member of? | 4096 5.0.9 up (pre-5.0.9, a bug may crash server over 3000 groups) | 4096 |
| What is the maximum number of groups that can be nested? | 20 levels or up to 64k of group name and person name characters, whichever is lower (~30k of data using @UserNamesList or @UserRoles)
(in R4: 6 levels) | 20 levels or up to 64k of group name and person name characters, whichever is lower (~30k of data using @UserNamesList or @UserRoles) |
| What is the maximum size of a single paragraph you can cut or copy to the Clipboard? | Unlimited (64K for UNIX) | Unlimited (64K for UNIX) |
| What is the maximum number of documents you can cut or copy to the clipboard? | 2335 (Win32) | 2335 (Win32) |
| What is the maximum number of users to have authorized passwords on a multiple password ID? | 8 users | 8 users |
| What's the maximum amount of storage that can be used for strings in a LotusScript module? | 2 GB or available memory. | 2 GB or available memory. |
| What's the maximum length of an environment variable value? | 255 characters | 255 characters |
| What's the maximum length of a string constant in @function formulas? | 2048 bytes (see note under ND7) | 2048 bytes (see note under ND7) |
| What's the maximum number of results that can be returned from a full text search | 4,999 | 4,999 |
| What's the largest URL HTTP will accept? | 1024 (2048 5.0.10 up) | 2048 (?) |
| What's the largest rich text field HTTP will update? | ~64k? | ~64k? |
| What's the maximum size of variable-length strings in a LotusScript module? | 2 GB (1 GB of characters) per module, or available memory. | 2 GB (1 GB of characters) per module, or available memory. |
| How many variable-length strings can be defined in LotusScript? | Limited by available memory and module definitions. Can be limited by symbol table to 64k of symbol names per module. | Limited by available memory and module definitions. Can be limited by symbol table to 64k of symbol names per module. |
| What's the maximum size of fixed-length strings in LotusScript? | 64k (this is a BASIC language limitation) | 64k (this is a BASIC language limitation) |
| What's the maximum length of a string literal in LotusScript? | 32k (16k characters) (this is a BASIC language limitation) | 32k (16k characters) (this is a BASIC language limitation) |
| What's the maximum line length of a line written by LotusScript Write statement? | 255 characters | 255 characters |
| How many characters can be in path in MkDir, RmDir, or ChDir statement? | 128. This includes the drive specifier, if any. | 128. This includes the drive specifier, if any. |
| How many items can be in a Print, Write, or Input statement? | 255 | 255 |
| What's the maximum recLen in Open statement? | 32767 | 32767 |
| How many symbols can LotusScript handle? | 64k of text in symbol names | 64k of text in symbol names |
| How many data elements can be in a LotusScript array? | Determined by memory available for data, and by the storage size of each element of the array, which varies with the array data type. For example, a Long one-dimensional fixed array declared in type scope can have 16,128 elements. (The total storage size available for fixed-size data in module scope is 64K bytes, and a Long element requires 4 bytes for storage.) | Determined by memory available for data, and by the storage size of each element of the array, which varies with the array data type. For example, a Long one-dimensional fixed array declared in type scope can have 16,128 elements. (The total storage size available for fixed-size data in module scope is 64K bytes, and a Long element requires 4 bytes for storage.) |
| What is the maximum size of a List in LotusScript? | Limited by available memory | Limited by available memory |
| What's the maximum size of a LotusScript executable module's code? | limited by available memory; 64k of source without LSS include files | limited by available memory; 64k of source without LSS include files |
| How many outline entries can an outline have? | ~21,000 entries | ~21,000 entries |
| How long can a remote-console command be, and still display properly in Administrator? | 77 characters. Some commands may handle more; others don't. The command itself is neither displayed nor logged as more than 77 characters. | More than 77 characters (documented as "addressed" in K-Base, but no new maximum value is documented). |
| What is the maximum number of documents that can be selected when using the 'Archive Selected Documents' option? |  | The limit appears to be 2047, according to this link. |