Bloody hell.  You're spot on!

Thanks Phil.

-----Original Message-----
From: pgtips@m... [mailto:pgtips@m...]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 7:14 PM
To: sql language
Subject: [sql_language] Re: Finding maximum length of a cell in 'tex't
column


Hi Andrew,

its DATALENGTH(fieldname) you want.

rgds
Phil
>----------------------------------------------
> Hi guys.

Does anyone know of a way to find the maximum size of entry into a 'text'
column?

Len() only seems to work on 'normal' data types.

Cheers,
Andrew

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