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In MySQL, both SERIAL and AUTO_INCREMENT are used to define a sequence as a default value for a field. But they are technically different from each other.The AUTO_INCREMENT attribute is supported by all numeric data types except for BIT and DECIMAL. There can only be one AUTO_INCREMENT field per table and the sequence generated by an AUTO_INCREMENT field in one table cannot be used in any other table. This attribute requires that a UNIQUE index exists on the field to ensure the sequence has no duplicates. The sequence would start by default from 1 and increment by 1 for every insert.Examplemysql> ... Read More
As we know that CHAR is used to store fixed length string and VARCHAR is used to store variable length strings. Hence we can store a fixed length as well as variable length string in the same table by declaring a column as CHAR and other as VARCHAR.Examplemysql> Create Table Employees(FirstName CHAR(10), LastName VARCHAR(10)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.64 sec) mysql> Desc Employees; +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | FirstName | char(10) | YES | | NULL | ... Read More
The order of columns in the SET clause of UPDATE statement is important because MySQL provides us the updated value on columns names used in an expression. Yes, it will make big difference in the result set returned by MySQL. Following is an example to make it clear −ExampleIn this example, we are having a table ‘tender’. First, we will write UPDATE statement by using ‘tender_id’ as the first and ‘rate’ as the second column in SET clause and then we will write UPDATE statement by using ‘rate’ as the first and ‘tender_id’ as the second column on table ‘tender’.mysql> ... Read More
In this case, MySQL will return an error message because we know that if sub-query is used to assign new values in the SET clause of UPDATE statement then it must return exactly one row for each row in the update table that matches the WHERE clause.Examplemysql> insert into info(id, remarks) values(5, 'average'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec) mysql> select * from info; +------+-----------+ | id | remarks | +------+-----------+ | 1 | Good | | 2 | Good | | 3 | Excellent | | 4 ... Read More
In this case, MySQL will provide a NULL value to the SET clause. Following example will demonstrate it −Examplemysql> Select * from student; +----+---------+-----------+ | Id | Name | grade | +----+---------+-----------+ | 1 | Rahul | Good | | 2 | Gaurav | Good | | 3 | Raman | Excellent | | 4 | Harshit | Average | | 5 | Aarav | Best | | 6 | Ram | average | +----+---------+-----------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) ... Read More
For updating the values in one MySQL table by using the values from another MySQL table, we need to use sub-query as an expression in the SET clause of the UPDATE statement.ExampleIn this example, we have two table ‘student’ and ‘info’. We will update the value of column ‘grade’ of table ‘student’ by using the values from column ‘remarks’ of ‘info’ table.mysql> select * from student; +----+---------+-------+ | Id | Name | grade | +----+---------+-------+ | 1 | Rahul | NULL | | 2 | Gaurav | NULL | | 3 | Raman | NULL | | ... Read More
As the name suggests, enabling ALLOW_INVALID_DATES SQL mode will allow us to store invalid dates in the table. The example is given below to understand it −Examplemysql> SET sql_mode = ALLOW_INVALID_DATES; Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec) mysql> Insert Into detail_bday(Name, Birth_Date) values('Sonia', '1993-11-31'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> Insert Into detail_bday(Name, Birth_Date) values('Ram', '0000-00-00'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> Select * from detail_bday; +----+---------+------------+ | Sr | Name | Birth_Date | +----+---------+------------+ | 1 | Saurabh | 1990-05-12 | | 2 | Raman | 1993-06-11 ... Read More
Existing values of the row can be used to provide new values in the SET clause if that row matches the WHERE clause in an UPDATE statement. Following is the example to demonstrate it.ExampleSuppose we have a table named ‘tender’ as follows −mysql> Select * from tender; +-----------+---------+------+ | tender_id | company | rate | +-----------+---------+------+ | 200 | ABC | 1000 | | 300 | ABD | 6000 | | 301 | ABE | 7000 | | 302 | ABF ... Read More
As we know that the default format for MySQL DATE data type is “YYYY-MM-DD” and in this format, there is no possibility to store the time value. But still, if we store date along with time value in a column having DATE data type then MySQL will show a warning and store only the date value in that column. Following example will exhibit it −Examplemysql> Create table date_time_test(date DATE); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.44 sec) mysql> Insert into date_time_test(date) values(‘2017-09-09 09:34:21’); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning (0.03 sec) mysql> Select * from date_time_test; +------------+ | ... Read More
Column values on multiple rows can be updated in a single UPDATE statement if the condition specified in WHERE clause matches multiple rows. In this case, the SET clause will be applied to all the matched rows.ExampleSuppose we have a table ‘tender’ as follows −mysql> Select * from tender; +-----------+---------+------+ | tender_id | company | rate | +-----------+---------+------+ | 200 | ABC | 1000 | | 300 | ABD | 5000 | | 301 | ABE | 6000 | | 302 ... Read More