Limits
Following is a table that describes current limits within Amazon SimpleDB.
| Parameter | Restriction | 
|---|---|
| Domain size | 10 GB per domain | 
| Domain size | 1 billion attributes per domain | 
| Domain name | 3-255 characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '_', '-', and '.') | 
| Domains per account | 250 | 
| Attribute name-value pairs per item | 256 | 
| Attribute name length | 1024 bytes | 
| Attribute value length | 1024 bytes | 
| Item name length | 1024 bytes | 
| Attribute name, attribute value, and item name allowed characters | All UTF-8 characters that are valid in XML documents. Control characters and any sequences that are not valid in XML are returned Base64-encoded. For more information, see Working with XML-Restricted Characters. | 
| Attributes per PutAttributesoperation | 256 | 
| Attributes requested per Selectoperation | 256 | 
| Items per BatchDeleteAttributesoperation | 25 | 
| Items per BatchPutAttributesoperation | 25 | 
| Maximum items in Selectresponse | 2500 | 
| Maximum query execution time | 5 seconds | 
| Maximum number of unique attributes per Selectexpression | 20 | 
| Maximum number of comparisons per Selectexpression | 20 | 
| Maximum response size for Select | 1MB |