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LEN (Transact-SQL)

Windows Server 2003

Returns the number of characters of the specified string expression, excluding trailing blanks.

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To return the number of bytes used to represent an expression, use the DATALENGTH function.

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LEN ( string_expression )
string_expression

Is the string expression to be evaluated.

bigint if expression is of the varchar(max), nvarchar(max) or varbinary(max) data types; otherwise, int.

The following example selects the number of characters and the data in FirstName for people located in Australia.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
SELECT LEN(FirstName) AS Length, FirstName, LastName 
FROM Sales.vIndividualCustomer
WHERE CountryRegionName = 'Australia';
GO
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