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

Ascending:

SELECT city, CHAR_LENGTH(city) FROM station ORDER BY CHAR_LENGTH(city), city LIMIT 1;

Descending:

SELECT city, CHAR_LENGTH(city) FROM station ORDER BY CHAR_LENGTH(city) DESC, city LIMIT 1;