Order By Length of Column in MySQL

To order by length of column in MySQL, use ORDER BY LENGTH.

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable715 (UserMessage varchar(100)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Aw'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.49 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('A'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awes'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesom'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable715 values('Awesome'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable715;

This will produce the following output -

+-------------+ | UserMessage | +-------------+ | Aw | | Awe | | A | | Awes | | Awesom | | Awesome | +-------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to order by length of column −

mysql> select *from DemoTable715 order by length(UserMessage);

This will produce the following output -

+-------------+ | UserMessage | +-------------+ | A           | | Aw          | | Awe         | | Awes        | | Awesom      | | Awesome   | +-------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)