PostgreSQL OCTET_LENGTH() function

OCTET_LENGTH() function

The PostgreSQL octet_length function is used to count the number of bytes in a specified string.

Syntax:

octet_length(string)

Parameters:

The above function is a synonym for LENGTH().

PostgreSQL Version: 9.3

Pictorial Presentation of PostgreSQL OCTET_LENGTH() function

Example: PostgreSQL OCTET_LENGTH() function

The following PostgreSQL statement will return the length of the string w3resource. The return value is 10.

Example:

Code:

SELECT octet_length('w3resource') AS "octet_length";

Sample Output:

 octet_length
--------------
           10
(1 row)

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