# Pega Data Type

**URL:** <https://forums.pega.com/t/pega-data-type/4626>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** system-administration, 8-8-2, data-management, system-architect\
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.pega.com/t/pega-data-type/4626 "2023-06-13T18:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArivarasanA16775917](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ArivarasanA16775917](https://forums.pega.com/u/ArivarasanA16775917)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.pega.com/t/pega-data-type/4626/1 "2023-06-13T18:41:09Z")

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How To Store a String which is more than 256 Characters in a pega datatype?

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**Author:** ![smothe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@smothe](https://forums.pega.com/u/smothe)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.pega.com/t/pega-data-type/4626/2 "2023-06-13T23:05:58Z")

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@ArivarasanA16775917

A text property usually stores more than 256 chars unless it limited by  
-DB column it is mapped to or  
-‘Max Length’ in the property eg: pyNote has this kind of limitation

If this does not answer, please elaborate your query

Thanks,  
Santhosh

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**Author:** ![Bhumireddy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/pega/user_avatar/forums.pega.com/bhumireddy/32/23248_2.png) [@Bhumireddy](https://forums.pega.com/u/Bhumireddy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.pega.com/t/pega-data-type/4626/3 "2023-06-14T03:35:17Z")

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Hi @ArivarasanA16775917

You can you can refer the post

 ![Lenght.jpg](https://pega1.discourse-cdn.com/pega/original/2X/d/d53992398e5a67ffcb0de68a737c824b167f6113.jpeg)

I hope this will help you,

**Thanks,**

**Ashok**