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mysql>
mysql> SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',16)));
+----------------------------------+
| LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',16))) |
+----------------------------------+
|                               15 |
+----------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>








19.4.COMPRESS
19.4.1.COMPRESS(string_to_compress) compresses a string and returns the result as a binary string
19.4.2.SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(''));
19.4.3.SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS('a'));
19.4.4.SELECT LENGTH(COMPRESS(REPEAT('a',16)));