Find the length of the longest row in a column in oracle

Question

Does anybody know if there is a way to find what the length of the longest row in a column in Oracle?

Basically I need to get the length of the longest row and then

Answer 1

For use the max in column definition, i suggest the right approach:

create or replace FUNCTION F_GET_MAX_LENGTH_TAB_COLUMN
(
  pCOLUMN_NAME  IN VARCHAR2 
, pTABLE_NAME   IN VARCHAR2 
, pOWNER        IN VARCHAR2 
) RETURN NUMBER AS 
  vLength NUMBER;
BEGIN

  BEGIN
    SELECT  DATA_LENGTH 
    INTO    vLength
    FROM ALL_TAB_COLUMNS 
    WHERE 
        COLUMN_NAME = pCOLUMN_NAME 
    AND TABLE_NAME  = pTABLE_NAME 
    AND OWNER       = pOWNER
    ;
  EXCEPTION
    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
      vLength := 0;
  END;

  RETURN vLength;
END F_GET_MAX_LENGTH_TAB_COLUMN;

Just call the function:

SELECT F_GET_MAX_LENGTH_TAB_COLUMN(
    pCOLUMN_NAME => 'AGN_ST_NOME', 
    pTABLE_NAME  => 'GLO_AGENTES', 
    pOWNER => 'MGGLO' ) 
FROM DUAL;