Post Field doesn’t have a limit?

[LoyceV]

In turn, I don't think the limit is linked to bytes used via HTML.

Try quoting the table I posted twice in one post, see what happens

But you may have a point: I don't know how it's really stored internally in the forum database. But it's obvious it gets larger than just the BBCode.

[promise444c5]

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Close to but that's not exactly what I was trying to say though. My point is do we reach the 74knb max limit based off character count or we reach it based off what the characters eventually format as? In relation to the example you actually gave , what if we have something like;

the forum uses SMF .    And.     The forum uses SMF software to manage posts and discussions ok.

Both have exactly the same number of characters. Would they have same size or will the first with BB code tags have a largeer size instead?

Okay.. I think you meant 74knb 64KiB though..
As already confirmed by joker_josue,  without the ‘tt’ - tag it’s 52 & 63 bytes respectively add the ‘tt’ code and it will be +9bytes .

I think you made mistake with your character count, you can easily do it manually rep  1 character as 1byte.. don’t forget space “ ” it counts as character aswell remember I mentioned that here

You will have to  used up more space in bytes because of the “quote”, “code” , “bold” tag and the spaces “ ” added lol .. than you would by just typing “Mia Chloe”.

Edit:
I checked the signature you asked earlier , it uses maxLength attribute but inside a function that calculates and displays the remaining characters

[joker_josue]

In turn, I don't think the limit is linked to bytes used via HTML.

Try quoting the table I posted twice in one post, see what happens

But you may have a point: I don't know how it's really stored internally in the forum databse. But it's obvious it gets larger than just the BBCode.

Well, I got curious about these limits and decided to do some tests: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893  

With the help of ChatGPT, I was able to reach the following conclusions:
- Based on your table, it's clear that the limit is around 29–33 KB, likely for tables. -https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893.msg66879700#msg66879700

- Posts should have a limit of approximately 4k BBCode tags - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893.msg66879788#msg66879788

- I managed to create a combination of: 63,732 characters with 456 BBCode tags - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893.msg66879820#msg66879820

- It is possible to create a text with 62,000 characters and 4,400 BBCode tags. - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893.msg66879843#msg66879843

- I managed to create a post with 30,368 characters, 56 lines table/tr/td, 1,064 cells table/tr/td, 2242 BBCode tags, Contains only table/tr/td, table/tr/td, table/tr/td and their closing tags, Without color, size, url, right, b, etc. - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5586893.msg66879856#msg66879856

Summary of tests performed
✅ The forum's 64,000 character limit is confirmed.
✅ The forum accepts messages with more than 4,400 BBCode tags, as long as they are not complex tables.
✅ A simple table with 56 rows and 1,064 cells works correctly.

It would be possible to test a few more combinations, as some types of tags can generate different limits. But I think this was enough to give us an idea.  


_{Just so you know, I spent almost an hour working on this test.}

[Mia Chloe]

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I've been reading through the replies on this thread and based on what I've been able to gather it seems character count matters just as much as tags and other attributes. Initially I was thinking even if both character counts are literally closed or same the one with the higher attributes would have more size.

Initially my reason for that opinion was I initially assumed each attribute to weigh more than the average character because they have a definite function on the server end.

[promise444c5]

Initially my reason for that opinion was I initially assumed each attribute to weigh more than the average character because they have a definite function on the server end.

I don’t know what’s on the server, I’m only using the idea of what the DB accepts..
joker’s and loyce’s tests inclines more with your curiosity.. I mean we have common goal right,  but it’s more ..