Moss 2007 Maximum Length Limitations Check List

Entity	Max permissible size
Site Name	128 characters
Site URL	255 characters
Display name	128 characters
Connection string	384 characters
Email address	128 characters
Version numbers	064 characters
Virtual Server Friendly Name	064 characters
SQL Database Name	123 characters
SQL Database Column	128 characters
SQL Database Table Name	128 characters
SQL Role Name	128 characters
Server Name	128 characters
Windows User Name	300 characters
Windows Password	300 characters
Dependencies per object	032 objects
Zone enumeration value	004 zones
Default SQL command timeout	300 seconds
Number of simultaneous workflows that can be run	015

And from the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 IT Documentation [ because we are still upgrading Sps2003 sites to Moss2007 ]

Portal site name The portal site name is limited to 80 Unicode characters.
The portal site name can consist of all alphanumeric characters except for the following: \ / : * ? " < > |
Portal site description The portal site description is limited to 200 Unicode characters.
The portal site description can consist of all alphanumeric characters, as well as the following: # % * + \ | " ? $ @ [ ] { } ⌂
Portal site logo The URL for the portal site logo is limited to 256 ASCII characters.
The URL for the portal site logo can consist of all alphanumeric characters except for the following: # % * + \ | " ? > < $ @ [ ] { } ⌂
The following file formats are supported for the graphics file: .gif, .bmp, .jpg, and .png. TIFF files are not supported.
Portal site URL The URL for the portal site is limited to 255 characters for the entire URL, including virtual directories.
Account name for portal site owner The account name is limited to 128 characters.
E-mail address for portal site owner The e-mail address is limited to 255 characters.
Location for creating SharePoint sites The URL for creating sites from the Site Directory is limited to 2,048 ASCII characters. In addition, no component of the URL, such as the virtual directory or virtual server, can exceed 128 characters.
The URL must end with /_layouts/language/scsignup.aspx.

Document library friendly name The friendly (display) name cannot exceed 100 characters in length.

Mapping name The mapping name has a maximum length of 64 Unicode characters and must not be null.
The following character limitations apply for the default, intranet, extranet, and custom URLs:
- Each URL has a maximum length of 255 Unicode characters and a minimum length of 5 characters.
- The user can enter the URL in any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, but the URL is always saved in lowercase.
- Each URL must be different from all other URLs.

Content index name The content index name must be less than 50 characters.
The content index name cannot contain the following characters: + ~ # ' % * ( ) = [ ] { } | \ " < > . ? / @ & or the euro symbol or a space.

Posted: Apr 17 2008, 07:50 PM by Adlai Maschiach | with 2 comment(s)