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How can we get the count of all MySQL event-related operations collectively?
With the help of SHOW STATUS statement, we can get the count of MySQL event-related operations. It can be used as follows −mysql> SHOW STATUS LIKE '%event%'; +--------------------------+-------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+-------+ | Com_alter_event | 16 | | Com_create_event | 6 | | Com_drop_event | 4 | | Com_show_binlog_events | 0 | | Com_show_create_event | 0 | | Com_show_events | 4 | | Com_show_relaylog_events | 0 | +--------------------------+-------+ 7 rows in set (0.17 sec)
Read MoreHow can I drop an existing column from a MySQL table?
We can delete a particular existing column from a MySQL table by using the DROP statement along with an ALTER statement. Its syntax would be as follows −SyntaxALTER TABLE table_name DROP column_name;Here, table_name is the name of the table from which we want to delete the column.Column_name is the name of the column which is to be deleted from the table.ExampleIn this example, we are deleting the column ‘address’ from table ‘student_detail’ as follows −mysql> select * from student_detail; +-----------+-------------+----------+ | Studentid | StudentName | address | +-----------+-------------+----------+ | 100 | Gaurav | Delhi ...
Read MoreHow can we get the metadata of MySQL events?
It can be done with the help of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA database. The following statement will give us the metadata of events −mysql> SELECT * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.EVENTS WHERE EVENT_NAME LIKE '%event%' A ND EVENT_SCHEMA = 'query'\G *************************** 1. row *************************** EVENT_CATALOG: def EVENT_SCHEMA: query EVENT_NAME: testing_event6 DEFINER: root@localhost TIME_ZONE: SYSTEM ...
Read MoreHow can we fetch alternate odd numbered records from MySQL table?
To understand this concept, we are using the data from table ‘Information’ as follows −mysql> Select * from Information; +----+---------+ | id | Name | +----+---------+ | 1 | Gaurav | | 2 | Ram | | 3 | Rahul | | 4 | Aarav | | 5 | Aryan | | 6 | Krishan | +----+---------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)Now, the query below will fetch the alternate odd-numbered records from the above table ‘Information’ −mysql> Select id,Name from information group by id having mod(id,2) = 1; +----+--------+ | id | Name | +----+--------+ | 1 | Gaurav | | 3 | Rahul | | 5 | Aryan | +----+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.09 sec)
Read MoreHow can we fetch a second highest salary of an employee from a MySQL table?
To understand this concept, we are using the data from table ‘Salary’ as follows −mysql> Select * from Salary; +--------+--------+ | Name | Salary | +--------+--------+ | Gaurav | 50000 | | Rahul | 40000 | | Ram | 45000 | | Raman | 45000 | +--------+--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> Select * from salary12345 order by salary DESC limit 1 offset 1; +-------+--------+ | name | Salary | +-------+--------+ | Raman | 45000 | +-------+--------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Read MoreHow can we ENABLE AND DISABLE a particular MySQL event?
With the help of ALTER EVENT statement along with the ENABLE and DISABLE keyword, we can ENABLE and DISABLE the event. To illustrate it we are having the following example −Examplemysql> ALTER EVENT hello DISABLE; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)The above query will DISABLE the event named ‘Hello’ and the query below will enable it.mysql> ALTER EVENT hello ENABLE; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Read MoreHow can we find the employees from MySQL table whose age is greater than say 30 years, providing the only date of birth on the table?
To understand this concept, we are using the data from table ‘emp_tbl’ as follows −mysql> Select * from emp_tbl; +--------+------------+ | Name | DOB | +--------+------------+ | Gaurav | 1984-01-17 | | Gaurav | 1990-01-17 | | Rahul | 1980-05-22 | | Gurdas | 1981-05-25 | | Naveen | 1991-04-25 | | Sohan | 1987-12-26 | +--------+------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT Name, SYSDATE(), DOB, DATEDIFF(SYSDATE(), DOB)/365 AS AGE from emp_tbl WHERE(DATEDIFF(SYSDATE(), DOB)/365)>30; +--------+---------------------+------------+---------+ | Name | SYSDATE() ...
Read MoreWhat is the use of ON COMPLETION PRESERVE clause while creating the event?
As we know that an event is automatically dropped when it is expired and we would not be able to see it from SHOW EVENTS statement. To change such kind of behavior we can use ON COMPLETION PRESERVE while creating the event. It can be understood from the following example −Examplemysql> Create table event_messages(ID INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, MESSAGE VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, Generated_at DATETIME NOT NULL); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)The below query will create an event without the use of ON COMPLETION PRESERVE hence it would not be seen in the output of SHOW EVENTS ...
Read MoreHow to delete the duplicate values stored in reverse order from MySQL table?
To understand this concept, we are using the data from table ‘Details_city’ as follows −mysql> Select * from details_city; +--------+--------+ | City1 | City2 | +--------+--------+ | Delhi | Nagpur | | Delhi | Mumbai | | Nagpur | Delhi | | Katak | Delhi | | Delhi | Katak | +--------+--------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)Now, the following query will delete the reverse duplicate values from details_city table −mysql> Select a.city1,a.city2 from details_city a WHERE a.city1
Read MoreHow can we RENAME an existing MySQL event?
With the help of ALTER EVENT statement along with the RENAME keyword, we can RENAME an existing event. To illustrate it we are having the following example in which we are renaming the event ‘Hello’ to ‘Hello_renamed’ −Examplemysql> ALTER EVENT Hello RENAME TO Hello_renamed; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)To confirm that event has been renamed we can try to delete the event with the old name, MySQL will throw an error as follows −mysql> DROP EVENT hello; ERROR 1539 (HY000): Unknown event 'hello'
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