max(length(field)) in mysql

Question

If I say:

select max(length(Name)) 
  from my_table

I get the result as 18, but I want the concerned data also. So if I say:

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Answer 1

I suppose you could use a solution such as this one :

select name, length(name)
from users
where id = (
    select id
    from users
    order by length(name) desc
    limit 1
);

Might not be the optimal solution, though... But seems to work.