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cmendlercmendler 

Custom Setting field length limit change with Winter '13

Some of our custom settings are giving a NAME TOO LONG error when we update them. Which means if we want to change the values, we have to update the code to use a shorter name!

 

Happened when Winter' 13 hit the sandboxes.  Seems to have gone from a limit of 40 to 33... imagine if they did that for all object fields!  This release has really been disruptive so far. 

 

 

kibitzerkibitzer

I'm seeing a 38 character limit on the Winter sandbox. Could you confirm? What did you do to see a 33 character limit?

 

Just out of curiousity - what other problems are you seeing? I'd like to know what to look for.

 

Dan

 

cmendlercmendler

It actually seems random.  The custom settings limit has jumped around in our examples that we have given to SFDC Premier Support.  From 33-38, none withany special characters.  Premier Support has said this morning that it appears to be an issues on the Salesforce.com side and they have escalated it.  It may depend on the setting type - nothing conclusive yet

kibitzerkibitzer

If you find out anything, please let us know.

Vaclav Lukasek 1Vaclav Lukasek 1
It depends on something else:
sample:ZOOM_SUPPORT_CONTACT_ID_RUSCIS & APAC
will raise exception and
sample: ZOOM_SUPPORT_CONTACT_ID_RUSCIS x APAC
will pass
both have same length
I expect it depends on translation tables for some chars