how to count the number of characters in a postgres database

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nneka echebe

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 8:09 AM

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Hi,
I have a postgres database and I am trying to find out the longest character in the text field name

I tried using
select length(table.column) but it is returning wrong figures
Can anyone help me out?
Cheers
Nneka

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RyanRandall

Posted Friday, April 25, 2008 9:44 AM

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This site is for SQL Server - you need a different site. Try this one...

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