# Text message size exceeds maximum size, Message Too Big

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-message-size-exceeds-maximum-size-message-too-big/80207>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-message-size-exceeds-maximum-size-message-too-big/80207 "2023-10-09T15:05:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/text-message-size-exceeds-maximum-size-message-too-big/80207/2 "2023-10-09T15:08:38Z")

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Yes, you can increase the message size (search this forum--I don't have it handy). But you really should not be embedding the image data in the table. Use a column view to carry an image component, then you can have the nested view retrieve the image data. Your table data should only have descriptions and image IDs, not image content. You might find some of the discussions in my Blob Server topic helpful:

> [@Automation Professionals' Blob Server Module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-blob-server-module/57970):
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> Automation Professionals is pleased to announce an alpha release of its new Blob Server Module. Available only for Ignition v8.1, here. The Blob Server Module provides a simple way to deliver images, PDF files, or other binary content from a database to your Perspective clients or other web applications. Without needing the WebDev module. All you need is a Named Query that has appropriate security settings and returns a single row with two columns: Content, and ContentType. Modest documentati…

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