DATALENGTH

Description

This function returns the number of bytes used to represent any expression. (DATALENGTH in Transact-SQL).

Sample Source Pattern

Syntax

SQL Server

DATALENGTH ( expression )   

Snowflake SQL

Snowflake SQL Documentation

OCTET_LENGTH(<string_or_binary>)

Examples

SQL Server

Code:

SELECT DATALENGTH('SomeString') AS SIZE;

Result:

SIZE|
----+
  10|

Snowflake SQL

Code:

SELECT OCTET_LENGTH('SomeString') AS SIZE;

Result:

SIZE|
----+
  10|