In Oracle/PLSQL, the length function returns the length of the specified string.
The syntax for the length function is:
length( string1 )
string1 is the string to return the length for. If string1 is NULL, then the function returns NULL.
Applies To:
· Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
For example:
length(NULL) | would return NULL. |
length('') | would return NULL. |
length('Information') | Would return 11 |
