Re: Maximum number of columns in a list

From: Steven Collier [MVP] (steven.collier_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:36:06 -0000

There is no way round it through config, and it would probably be very
difficult to change any code.

Lists share the same table in the database, prebuilt with the specified
number of each type of field, another table maps what the titles of the
columns ar erelevant to which list they are in. 

-- 
Steven Collier
SharePoint Portal Server MVP
Karsten Grombach <karsten.nogrombach@spam.tria.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> As explained in this article,
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;823555
> there is a maximum number of columns in a list.
>
> Is there a way around this? Maybe a nice parameter in a config file :)
>
> Any information on why there is such a restriction would also
> interest me.
>
> Regards
> Karsten Grombach

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