Name
UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH( )
Synopsis
UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH(string
)
This function returns the number of characters contained in the given
string after decompression. You can compress strings using the
COMPRESS( )
function. This function is available
as of Version 4.1 of MySQL.
SELECT UNCOMPRESSED_LENGTH(essay) FROM applications WHERE applicant_id = '1748';
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