Query results that have less than X characters in MySQL?

You can use CHAR_LENGTH() along with the WHERE clause. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> FullName varchar(50)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.75 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.40 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.91 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Robert Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.89 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------+ | FullName      | +---------------+ | Chris Brown   | | David Miller  | | Robert Miller | | John Smith    | +---------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to get records that have less than X characters in MySQL −

mysql> select *from DemoTable where char_length(FullName) < 12;

This will produce the following output −

+-------------+ | FullName    | +-------------+ | Chris Brown | | John Smith  | +-------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)