My code is this but gives error, don’t know why. Please help!
select city, min(length(city)) from station group by length(city)=min(length(city)) order by city asc;
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Answer
If you just want the city with the shortest name, you can simply order by
and limit
:
select city, char_length(city) city_length from station order by city_length limit 1
This returns just one row. On the other hand, if you want to allow bottom ties, then you can filter with a subquery, like so:
select city, char_length(city) city_length from station where char_length(city) = (select min(char_length(city)) from station)