The BIT_LENGTH function returns
an unsigned 64-bit value containing the bit length of the large
object column or variable parameter. If the argument is NULL, BIT_LENGTH returns
NULL.
Syntax
BIT_LENGTH( large-object-column )
Parameters
large-object-column – the name
of a LONG VARCHAR or LONG BINARY column
or variable.
Usage
BIT_LENGTH supports all
SAP Sybase IQ data types and LONG BINARY
and LONG VARCHAR variables of any size of data. Currently, a SQL
variable can hold up to 2GB - 1 in length.