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

select top(1) city, max(len(city)) [Length] from station group by city order by [Length]
select top(1) city, max(len(city)) [Length] from station group by city order by [Length] DESC

Tested in SQL Server 2016