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Subj:   Re: Length Function
 
From:   Diehl, Robert

Suhel,

The first request is taking the length of a character field.

The second is taking the length of a numeric field. Length is not normal function in Teradata so I don't know what it is doing. I suspect it is using integer as the datatype and returning the internal storage size. Type() will tell you the datatype used.

     select   type ('100');
     select   type (100);

The second one returns Byteint as Teradata uses the smallest datatype that will accommodate the number.


Thanks,

Robert Diehl
Travelocity Data Warehouse DBA



     
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