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Text columns size in Dataverse

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Hi,

Trying to figure out the way Dataverse is calculating the storage usage for its tables.

I understand each field type has its own size allocation. The question - is text field calculated as fix size or varying according to the value it holds?

In another words: 2 different rows of the same table will have the same storage size?

 

Thanks,

Paulina

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    My guess is that dataverse records the value it holds as part of the capacity calculation. So if you have a multiline text field that holds the word "test" vs. a multiline that holds a small book's worth of text - the storage calculation will auto-increase to fit the value. It is a SQL server DB in the end so I assume it's reading storage values from the DB. 

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