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Article: Q138298
Product(s): Microsoft SourceSafe
Version(s): 4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbFAQ kbSsafe600FAQ
Last Modified: 26-JUL-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows, versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
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SUMMARY
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This article contains information concerning the system capacities of Visual
SourceSafe.
NOTE: All capacities are related to versions 4.0 and 5.0 of Visual SourceSafe
unless otherwise noted.
MORE INFORMATION
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General Specifications & Limits
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- Users running Visual SourceSafe concurrently: Unlimited.
- Files and projects in a SourceSafe Database: approx. 4 billion.
- Files and projects directly in a single project: 8191 (however, for
performance reasons, Microsoft recommends that there be no more than a few
hundred files in a single project).
- Nested project Depth: 15 (this is a recommended limit. You may add more than
15 projects, but Microsoft only supports nested projects 15 levels deep).
- Bytes in a file:
Visual SourceSafe 4.0: 64 megabytes.
Visual SourceSafe 5.0: 2 gigabytes.
Log file: 2 gigabytes.
- Lines in the Windows View Command: 64,000.
- Versions in a file or project history: 32,767 (the count on a project history
does not include file Updates in that project).
- Bytes in the Windows history display: 32,767.
- Lines in a project history: 8191.
- Files correlated in a project history: 8191.
String Lengths
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- Project Path (for example, $/Word/Spelling): 259 Characters.
- Filename: 255 characters (all platforms except MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows). A
short (8.3) name is also stored for compatibility with the FAT file system.
Names are not case sensitive.
- Username: 31 characters.
- Password:
Visual SourceSafe 4.0: 15 characters.
Visual SourceSafe 5.0: 31 characters.
- File or project Label: 31 characters.
- String to scan for when using "Find in Files": 63 characters.
- Line in the SS.ini file: 511 characters.
- Length of a checkout comment: 63 characters.
- Length of a check in or label comment:
GUI = 4095 characters
Command Line = 511 characters
Additional query words: vbwin 4.00 5.00 Windows 95 vss limitation capacity
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Keywords : kbFAQ kbSsafe600FAQ
Technology : kbSSafeSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSSafe600 kbSSafe400 kbSSafe500
Version : :4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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