SQL query for finding the longest name and shortest name in a table

Question

I have a table with one of the columns is of type varchar(city). and want to find the longest and shortest of values stored in that column.

select a.city, a.city         


        

Answer 1

For oracle :

select min(city),length(city) from station where length(city) <= all(select 
length(city) from station) group by length(city);

select max(city),length(city) from station where length(city) >= all(select 
length(city) from station) group by length(city);