Praveena-487125 (10/3/2012)
I did not get default of 30 (which you mentioned in the answer in case of Cast/Convert) in what ever way I try... Can you please explain more on this?
execute the below query:
DECLARE @a VARCHAR(50) ='AAAAABBBBBCCCCCDDDDDEEEEEFFFFFGGGGG'
SELECT
LEN(@a) AS 'Declared'
, LEN(CONVERT(VARCHAR,@a)) AS 'Converted'
, LEN(CAST(@a AS VARCHAR)) AS 'Cast'
Result: 35, 30, 30
Hope it is clear now 🙂
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