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textarea maxsize

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:43 am
by shan123
Dear All,
In our application we are using a textarea control for storing the contents of a xml file. The nodes can get added to the textarea dynamically through the application. The contents of the text area are finally saved to the xml file.
I just wanted to know whether there are any limitations of number of characters I can store in a textarea?

Thanks in advance
Shantanu

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:49 am
by JayBird
Ther are different limits with different browsers on different OSes.
Usual numbers are 64K(64,000 characters) and - for more modern browsers - 128K(128,000 characters) - older browsers as low as 32K(32,000 characters).

This information comes from a lot of "hearsay", I've read people saying it several places, but I've yet to find any specific official information which supports this or denies it.

Mark