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Ken_KoellnerKen_Koellner 

Text vs. Text Area Long

I have a field that's simple text but I might want to go longer than 255.  I take it he only alternative is Text Area Long.

 

Are there any repercussions or limitations I may run into in using Text Area Long intead of Text?

 

I noticed I must make it at least two lines in page layouts (although when I picked 2, I still got 3).

 

Is there anything else I might run into?

 

Any programmatic differences when working with values in Apex?

 

 

MarkSilberMarkSilber

Here's a few long text field limitations that come to mind, although there are probably more.

 

* You can't make the field an external ID

* You can't use them as search filter fields

* Can't use them as search criteria in reports or list views

* When searching using Advanced Search, only the first 2048 characters are searched

* There are some limits to the # of characters that will display in a list or report

 

My advice is to use a standard text field if at all possible if you intend to do any sort of filtering or other functions.
fgwarb_1fgwarb_1
Mark Silber wrote:

Here's a few long text field limitations that come to mind, although there are probably more.

 

* You can't make the field an external ID

* You can't use them as search filter fields

* Can't use them as search criteria in reports or list views

* When searching using Advanced Search, only the first 2048 characters are searched

* There are some limits to the # of characters that will display in a list or report

 

My advice is to use a standard text field if at all possible if you intend to do any sort of filtering or other functions.

I think they can be used as report filters now