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COL_LENGTH (Transact-SQL)
SQL Server 2005
Updated:
17 July 2006
Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
COL_NAME (Transact-SQL)
COLUMNPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
Returns the defined length, in bytes, of a column.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Returns NULL on error or if a caller does not have permission to view the object.
In SQL Server 2005, a user can only view the metadata of securables that the user owns or on which the user has been granted permission. This means that metadata-emitting, built-in functions such as COL_LENGTH may return NULL if the user does not have any permission on the object. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration and Troubleshooting Metadata Visibility.
The following example shows the return values for a column of type varchar(40) and a column of type nvarchar(40).
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
CREATE TABLE t1
(c1 varchar(40),
c2 nvarchar(40)
);
GO
SELECT COL_LENGTH('t1','c1')AS 'VarChar',
COL_LENGTH('t1','c2')AS 'NVarChar';
GO
DROP TABLE t1;
Here is the result set.
VarChar NVarChar 40 80
Reference
Expressions (Transact-SQL)Metadata Functions (Transact-SQL)
COL_NAME (Transact-SQL)
COLUMNPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
