Custom Smart Field - string data type max field size

Dyan Karstens
Dyan Karstens
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Hi,
We have a question about the smart field value field size. For custom string/text smart fields, we've noticed that there's a default limitation of 255 characters. Has anyone found a way to adjust this to be larger in the smart field spec? We have a few calculated lists stored in smart fields (as an example - constituency list) and we've had to truncate the results because of the 255 character limit. How has anyone else handled this?

Thanks!

Dyan

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  • Aaron Thompson
    Aaron Thompson
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    @Dyan Karstens
    I am not sure there is a great around that limitation. Smart fields do not support a long text data type like Memo. You might be able to do something fancy where the smart field value is a foreign key to a custom table you create that supports longer text, but that might be a little convoluted to create and support.

    I think one way you might be able to get around that would be to use an attribute with a Memo datatype. You could write a global change and/or function that pulls in the desired string lists, and writes them to the attribute table.

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