# Character Limitation in CMDB text box and text area field

**URL:** <https://community.sapphireims.com/t/character-limitation-in-cmdb-text-box-and-text-area-field/839>\
**Category:** Import and Export\
**Tags:** issue\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/character-limitation-in-cmdb-text-box-and-text-area-field/839 "2023-09-18T10:46:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Amol420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Amol420](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/Amol420)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/character-limitation-in-cmdb-text-box-and-text-area-field/839/1 "2023-09-18T10:46:47Z")

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Team,

Client has given below text for 1 of the CMDB field in Desktop Asset but getting bad records error , We have not used any special character but still getting bad records error.  
INTEL CORE I5-9500\_(3.00 GHZ\_6 CORE\_9MB CACHE)_8 GB DDR4 2666 MHZ RAM\_19.5 inch MONITOR_ KEYBOARD\_ MOUSE\_ WINDOWS 10 PROFESSIONAL\_ 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD\_ 3 YEARS WARRANTY

Is ther any character limitation in text box and text area , if yes then how can we increased the same

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**Author:** ![harish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@harish](https://community.sapphireims.com/u/harish)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://community.sapphireims.com/t/character-limitation-in-cmdb-text-box-and-text-area-field/839/2 "2023-09-20T08:43:31Z")

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Please check the database column where it is getting stored and see the column width.