Column Lenght

What is the query to find the maximum lenght used in the
row of a column. Ex: The column is defined to be varchar
(2500) and the longest used row size is 1852.
T.I.ATry something like this:
SELECT MAX(LEN(ColumnName)) FROM TableName
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"Jim" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the query to find the maximum lenght used in the
> row of a column. Ex: The column is defined to be varchar
> (2500) and the longest used row size is 1852.
> T.I.A|||SELECT MAX(DATALENGTH(column_name)) FROM Table
Please post DDL, sample data and desired results.
See http://www.aspfaq.com/5006 for info.
"Jim" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the query to find the maximum lenght used in the
> row of a column. Ex: The column is defined to be varchar
> (2500) and the longest used row size is 1852.
> T.I.A|||Thanks.........

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>Try something like this:
>SELECT MAX(LEN(ColumnName)) FROM TableName
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>Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
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http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
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