SQL query for finding the longest name and shortest name in a table

Question

I have a table with one of the columns is of type varchar(city). and want to find the longest and shortest of values stored in that column.

select a.city, a.city         


        

Answer 1

In MySQL

(select city, LENGTH(city) cityLength  from station order by cityLength desc,city asc LIMIT 1)
    union all
    (select city, LENGTH(city) cityLength  from station order by cityLength asc,city asc LIMIT 1)