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Databases Reporting with SQL Working with Text Getting the Length of a String

Shreemangal Sethi
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Shreemangal Sethi
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Posted by Shreemangal Sethi
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Shreemangal Sethi
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Could someone pls tell me whats wrong with this statement.

Please tell me whats wrong with this SQL statement.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Can you post the statement?

4 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

You will want to order by longest_length instead of the length function

Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar
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Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar
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There's no column called length in the table, books; Like Kris explained above use the alias, longest_length which contains length of title.