sql-serversql-server-2008-r2datalength

Find records with Minimum length data

I have a table #tempTest with data like this:

ID  Name
1   A
2   AB
3   ABC
4   ABCD
5   ABCDE
6   ABCDEF
7   X
8   QRWXYZ

Now I need the shortest name from the table.

I've tried this way: 

SELECT TOP 1(name) Smallest  FROM #tempTest
GROUP BY name
ORDER BY LEN(name)

And that represents:

Smallest
A

But what I need is:

ID  Name
1   A
7   X
Solution 
  • SELECT TOP 1 WITH TIES (name) Smallest  FROM #tempTest
GROUP BY name
ORDER BY LEN(name)