The OCTET_LENGTH() function

Use the OCTET_LENGTH() SQL function to determine if the string is from a binaryvar or a binary18 column. The OCTET_LENGTH() function returns the number of octets (bytes).

Syntax

OCTET_LENGTH(column)

column

The binary data type column.

Usage

This function returns the length of the column in bytes as an integer. For the binary18 data type, the function always returns 18.

For binary data types, the SQL LENGTH() and OCTET_LENGTH() functions return the same value. For more information about length functions, see the HCL Informix® Guide to SQL: Reference.

Example

SELECT octet_length(binaryvar_col) FROM table WHERE binaryvar_col = '93FB'
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