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Handy mysql queries
-- Average length of a text column
SELECT AVG(LENGTH(content)) AS length FROM `column` WHERE content!='';
-- Maximum length of a text column
SELECT MAX(LENGTH(content)) AS length FROM `column` WHERE content!='';
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