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Subject: Limiting size limits for LISTAGG function
From: Infodorado InfoDorado <infodorado@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:05:08 -0500 (EST)
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Greetings fellow humans
I've checked around but can't find an answer to this.
How can you do a limit to the size of a LISTAGG result, say, to a column width of 48?

I ran an SQL (complex) statement given to me to use to generate a output file that will feed to a spreadsheet report. The SQL generates a database file but one of the columns is
LISTAGG(REFERENCE, ', ') WUTHIN GROUP (ODER BY REFERENCE) AS MASTER_BOL
but it generates a fixed column size of 4000. Can I wrap all that inside a maximum size, truncated if necessary?

--Alan

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RE: Limiting size limits for LISTAGG function , Birgitta Hauser
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