>On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 05:50:30PM -0500, Martin wrote: >> Ok, this should be simple. How do I find the defined maximum >> length of a varchar field? SELECT character_maximum_length FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_schema = 'name_of_your_schema' and table_name = 'name_of_your_table' and column_name = 'name_of_your_column' bye... Ludwig