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

Taylor Han
Taylor Han
2,406 Points
Posted by Taylor Han
Taylor Han
2,406 Points

Finding the length with SQL reporting

SELECT title, (LENGTH)title AS longest_length FROM books ORDER BY length desc LIMIT 1;

Trying to find the title and length of the title of a book in a database.

Tried a few variations of the above code, but now I'm stuck. Thanks!

2 Answers

Kris Hatch-McCarter
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Kris Hatch-McCarter
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,866 Points

Here is my solution: SELECT title, LENGTH(title) AS longest_length FROM books ORDER BY longest_length DESC LIMIT 1;

Raksmey soriya
Raksmey soriya
3,101 Points
Raksmey soriya
Raksmey soriya
3,101 Points

Here is my solution: SELECT title, MAX(LENGTH(title)) AS longest_length FROM books

The MAX() function returns the largest value .