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

In Oracle, we can do like this

select city, length(city)
from (select city from STATION order by length(city) DESC, city ASC)
where rownum = 1 
union
select city, length(city)  
from (select city from STATION order by length(city), city ASC)
where rownum = 1;

The idea is to get the longest and shortest city then union them into one result.