Difference between utl_raw.length and length : utl_raw « System Packages « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

1. Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial
2. System Packages
3. utl_raw

SQL>
SQL> create table t ( r raw(10) );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into t values ( utl_raw.cast_to_raw('helloWorld' ) );

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> select utl_raw.length(r), length(r)/2 from t;

UTL_RAW.LENGTH(R) LENGTH(R)/2
----------------- -----------
               10          10

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table t;

Table dropped.

SQL>