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

In case you need both max and min from same table:

    select * from (
(select city, length(city) as maxlen from station
order by maxlen desc limit 1)
union
(select city, length(city) as minlen from station
order by minlen,city limit 1))a;

Answer 2

SELECT  name, LENGTH(name) AS mlen
FROM    mytable
ORDER BY
        mlen DESC
LIMIT 1

Answer 3

Use CHAR_LENGTH() instead-of LENGTH() as suggested in: MySQL - length() vs char_length()

SELECT name, CHAR_LENGTH(name) AS mlen FROM mytable ORDER BY mlen DESC LIMIT 1

Answer 4

Edited, will work for unknown max() values:

select name, length( name )
from my_table
where length( name ) = ( select max( length( name ) ) from my_table );

Answer 5

Select URColumnName From URTableName Where length(URColumnName ) IN 
(Select max(length(URColumnName)) From URTableName);

This will give you the records in that particular column which has the maximum length.

Answer 6

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.