Dec 17, 2015 · The LENGTH() (MySQL) or LEN() (MSSQL) function will return the length of a string in a column that you can use as a condition in your WHERE clause. Edit I know this is …

For multi-byte charsets LENGTH() will give you the number of bytes the string occupies, while CHAR_LENGTH() will return the number of characters. – András Szepesházi Commented Nov …

Jul 1, 2017 · As documented for char_length: Notes. With arguments of type CHAR, this function returns the formal string length (i.e. the declared length of a field or variable). If you want to …

SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE LENGTH(name) <= 5 If you want something that can work with almost all the database and I assume that the length of your string that you want to fetch …

For Oracle, it is also LENGTH instead of LEN. SELECT MAX(LENGTH(Desc)) FROM table_name Also, DESC is a reserved word. Although many reserved words will still work for column …

In MariaDB only length and char_length worked for me. If you use non-english letters, you better use char_length. For example: select e.id, home.name, LENGTH(home.name) as length, …

Aug 31, 2016 · If you are using SQL Server, Use the LEN (Length) function: SELECT EmployeeName FROM EmployeeTable WHERE LEN(EmployeeName) > 4 MSDN for it …

Jul 4, 2011 · i was wondering if there was a function in Oracle to count the number of character size in Oracle, i.e. given "Burger", the SQL returns 6. i.e. select XXX('Burger') from DUAL;

--Code to create the function USE [xxxx_YourDB_xxxx] GO SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetStringBetweenMarkers] …

Nov 7, 2013 · In a view, i have a column comments which may contain large string. I just want to select first 60 characters and append the '...' at the end of the selected string. For selecting …