>Hi there,
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>I need to select each of the maxiumum length trimmed character strings from a table into variables so I can present it to a user. It will have to run on a large table so performance is an issue. Not sure wheather this can be done in a single SQL query or will need a scan through each field?
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>Any info much appreciated!!
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Simon Swan
select max(len(alltrim(MyField))) from MyTable
This is not R.Optimizable
per se, but you can make it so (I believe) with an index on
len(alltrim(MyField)).
Hilmar.
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