FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

octet_length

Returns number of bytes in the string.

Signatures & examples

octet_length ( text ) → integer

Returns number of bytes in the string.

octet_length('josé') → 5 (if server encoding is UTF8)

octet_length ( character ) → integer

Returns number of bytes in the string. Since this version of the function accepts type character directly, it will not strip trailing spaces.

octet_length('abc '::character(4)) → 4

octet_length ( bytea ) → integer

Returns number of bytes in the binary string.

octet_length('\x123456'::bytea) → 3

octet_length ( bit ) → integer

Returns number of bytes in the bit string.

octet_length(B'1011111011') → 2

Version history 1

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source