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

with cte (rank, city , CityLength) 
As 
(select  dense_rank() over (partition by len(city) order by city asc) as Rank, city, len(city) 
    from station 
where len(city) in 
    ((select max(len(city)) from station) 
    union (select min(len(city)) from station)))
select city,citylength from cte where rank = 1;