CHARACTER_LENGTH Function Examples | Teradata Vantage - Examples - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

The following statement applies the CHARACTER_LENGTH function to the Name column, which is type VARCHAR(30) CHARACTER SET LATIN, to obtain the number of characters in each employee name:

   SELECT Name, CHARACTER_LENGTH(Name) 
   FROM Employee; 

The result is as follows (note that separator blanks are considered characters):

   Name      Character_Length(Name)
   --------  ----------------------
   Smith T            7
   Newman P           8
   Omura H            7
         .            .

Example Set 1: KanjiEBCDIC

FOR this server character set … AND example … CHARACTER_LENGTH returns …
GRAPHIC ABC 3
KANJI1 De<MNP > 10
<><> 4

Set 2: KanjiShift-JIS

FOR this server character set … AND example … CHARACTER_LENGTH returns …
KANJI1 <><> 10
D eF 3
UNICODE ABC 3
GRAPHIC ABC 3

Set 3: KanjiEUC

FOR this server character set … AND example … CHARACTER_LENGTH returns …
KANJI1 ss3 C ss3 D 2
GRAPHIC 2
UNICODE <><> 0
dA ss2 B ss3 E 4
LATIN ABC 3