How to get size in bytes of a nvarchar2 column in Oracle?

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Hi Friends,

I am totally unfamiliar with Oracle.I want to add a column with datatype nvarchar(100 bytes).
I used
ALTER TABLE PH_MASTER_STORE Add ADDRESS1 nvarchar2(100) NOT NULL;
It added that column with nvarchar2(100 Char).How to get size in bytes of a nvarchar2 column in Oracle? Please help me.....

Thanks in advance.....

Vineetha.K.R

Posted 30-Jan-13 18:12pm

Vineetha Ravindranath

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Levente Kupás · Answer 1 · 2013-01-31T05:46:00

Solution 1

select Sum(DATALENGTH(col)) FROM Table

Posted 31-Jan-13 5:46am

Levente Kupás

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Jörgen Andersson 2-Feb-13 15:59pm

On Oracle it's just LENGTH