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Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

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Pretty simple question I figured would have been answered a half dozen times already. I have a single line text box that seems to prevent a user from submitting a form with some URLs the enter. The guess is that there might be some type of character limitation on the text box itself even though we have the column the datacard writes to set to a Max length of 2040. Is that the case?

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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@Future_Vision Assuming that you are taliking about just one App, you don´t need to do any restore. Just publish the version that´s working and the changes will get reflected automatically.
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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@CNT What is currently published is an older version. I'm working on a new version. I think I need to restore the old and then publish it and then restore the version I am currently working on to continue working it. Is that about right?
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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@Future_Vision It's a good idea to refresh the data source after any changes and republish the App.

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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@CNT
Question. I think I may have found the issue. I thought I had set the datafield in the DV table to accept 2040 characters but it looks like it is set to 100. Here is the issue. After the update it appears the new version of the app functions properly but the one that is already published still fails after 100 characters are inputted. Are the old settings saved to this published app? I know if I change the actual data in the tale that is instantly updated but are the settings as well?
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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@CNT
Formula won't work.
Count(Len(URL_TB.Text))
Says it is expecting a table value

I can do use this formula and it returns a number. So it is taking the additional characters but just fails to
Len(URL_TB.Value)

It looks like there is a 100 character threshold. When I get to 101 characters then the form doesn't validate because that field, which is required, is not valid.
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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@Future_Vision Can you confirm if your Textinput takes the whole URL text by doing a Count(Len(textinput.Text)).
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@CNT
Hmmm. What would cause a text input to not allow a URL in some cases?
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Re: Is there a character limit for single line text boxes regardless of the Max length set in the corresponding Dataverse column?

@Future_Vision In my test below the textinput has 2879 characters!