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Order By Length of Column in MySQL
To order by length of column in MySQL, use ORDER BY LENGTH.
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable715 (UserMessage varchar(100)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Aw'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.49 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('A'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awes'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesom'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesome'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable715;
This will produce the following output -
+-------------+ | UserMessage | +-------------+ | Aw | | Awe | | A | | Awes | | Awesom | | Awesome | +-------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to order by length of column −
mysql> select *from DemoTable715 order by length(UserMessage);
This will produce the following output -
+-------------+ | UserMessage | +-------------+ | A | | Aw | | Awe | | Awes | | Awesom | | Awesome | +-------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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