Maximum characters in a n8n table cell?

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What is the maximum characters allowed in a n8n table cell (including spaces)?

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Hey @NarCoder this doc here explains better

Kindly mark as the solution

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Thanks for your reply @Brighto , but that doc does not say anything about the maximum characters allowed in a table cell.

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I’m not too familiar with the data table implementation, but I tested this locally and it looks like string columns are mapped to TEXT type on the database level, so limitations will depend on your underlying storage solution. For example, on PostgreSQL, TEXT is unlimited. You’ll still ultimately be limited based on storage available for your database server.

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Thank you @Juuso ,

I am using PostgreSQL, maybe that’s the reason why I didn’t reach the maximum characters limit yet, although my question came out of a curiosity (planification), not a necessity.

I was expecting something similar to Google Sheets. The maximum character limit for a single cell in Google Sheets is 50,000 characters. This includes all letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters. If you reach this limit, you won’t be able to enter more text in that cell.

For the time being, I am happy with how much data I’ve been able to store in a N8N table cell without any issues.

I might try to test this in a VM later to find out whether it really depends on the Database/Storage or the N8N Table Node design/implementation.

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