OCTET_LENGTH

Syntax

OCTET_LENGTH(str)

Description

OCTET_LENGTH() is a synonym of LENGTH().

Examples

SELECT OCTET_LENGTH('China'), OCTET_LENGTH('hello');
+------------------------+-----------------------+
| OCTET_LENGTH('China')  | OCTET_LENGTH('hello') |
+------------------------+-----------------------+
|                      6 |                     5 |
+------------------------+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.001 sec)