finding max, avg, min length of a field

[Jeff]

Hi all,
I have a field xxx in table1. I need to find out what's the longest
length (max(len)) and the shortest length, and the average characters on the
field. Can someone please help me with the query?

Thanks,

 

[Marshall Barton]

I have a field xxx in table1. I need to find out what's the longest
length (max(len)) and the shortest length, and the average characters on the
field. Can someone please help me with the query?

Strange request.

Based on what you've said, aquery for that could be:

SELECT Max(Len(xxx)) As MaxLen,
Min(Len(xxx)) As MinLen,
Avg(Len(xxx)) As AvgLen
FROM table1

 

[John Spencer]

Perhaps

SELECT Max(Len(SomeField)) as Longest,
Min(Len(SomeField)) as Shortest,
Avg(Len(SomeField)) as AvgLength
FROM YOURTable