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What will MySQL CHAR_LENGTH() function return if I provide NULL to it?
In this case, the output of CHAR_LENGTH() function depends on the condition that whether we are providing NULL as a string or we are providing simply NULL to it. Following example will demonstrate the difference −
mysql> Select CHAR_LENGTH(NULL); +-------------------+ | CHAR_LENGTH(NULL) | +-------------------+ | NULL | +-------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select CHAR_LENGTH('NULL'); +---------------------+ | CHAR_LENGTH('NULL') | +---------------------+ | 4 | +---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
As we can observe from the above result set that when we will provide NULL as a string, CHAR_LENGTH() function will return the number of characters i.e. 4, otherwise when we provide simply NULL then it returns NULL as output.
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