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At least 3 characters?

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SqlZ
Yak Posting Veteran

69 Posts

Posted - 2002-03-01 : 12:10:28

I have a variable named and declared @A.

How do I find if @A is at least 3 characters long?

Something like
IF @A< char(3)
BEGIN
Print 'small'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
Print 'bigger than char(3)'
END

This is probably very easy to do but I can't find out how.

Thanks.

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My username represents the two things that consume most of my time.
SQL, and my Z

MichaelP
Jedi Yak

2489 Posts

Posted - 2002-03-01 : 12:15:59

Use len()

DECLARE @A varchar(50)

SET @A = 'Hi'

IF len(@A) < 3
BEGIN
Print 'small'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
Print 'bigger than char(3)'
END

SET @A = 'Yaks are cool'

IF len(@A) < 3
BEGIN
Print 'small'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
Print 'bigger than char(3)'
END

Michael

SqlZ
Yak Posting Veteran

69 Posts

Posted - 2002-03-01 : 12:18:21

Thank you very much. :)

I knew it was something simple.

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My username represents the two things that consume most of my time.
SQL, and my Z

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