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MySQL randomly select 2 values from column values?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 428 Views

To randomly select, use ORDER BY RAND(). To select only 2 values, use LIMIT 2 in MySQL. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1815      (      Question text      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1815 values('What is your name?'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1815 values('What is your college name?'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1815 values('What is your nick name?'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> ...

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Implement and set DOUBLE length in MySQL

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 547 Views

To implement DOUBLE in MySQL, the syntax is as follows −create table yourTableName      (      yourColumnName double(5, 2) unsigned );Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1814      (      Amount double(5, 2) unsigned      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1814 values(1.98); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1814 values(100.24); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1814 values(198.50); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)Display all records from the table ...

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How to GRANT SELECT ON all tables in all databases on a server with MySQL?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 1K+ Views

For this, you can use GRANT SELECT statement as in the below syntax −GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO 'yourUserName'@'yourHostName';First list all the user names along with host −mysql> select user, host from mysql.user;This will produce the following output −+------------------+-----------+ | user             |      host | +------------------+-----------+ | Bob              |         % | | Charlie          |         % | | Robert           |         % | | User2       ...

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How to select and display a list of values in one column that are available in two different MySQL columns?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 2K+ Views

For this, use UNION ALL. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1813      (      Name1 varchar(20),      Name2 varchar(20)      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1813 values('John', 'Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1813 values('Adam', 'Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1813 values('Mike', 'Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select * from DemoTable1813;This will produce the following ...

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How to extract column name and type from MySQL?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 540 Views

To extract column name and type, use INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS −select concat(column_name, '=', data_type) as anyAliasName from information_schema.columns where table_schema= yourDatabaseName and table_name= yourTableName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1812      (      Id int,      FirstName varchar(20),      Age int,      isMarried boolean,      status ENUM('ACTIVE', 'INACTIVE')      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Here is the query to extract column name and type from MySQL:mysql> select concat(column_name, '=', data_type) as COLUMNNAMEANDTYPE from information_schema.columns      where table_schema= 'web' and table_name= 'DemoTable1812';This will produce the following output −+-------------------+ | COLUMNNAMEANDTYPE ...

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Adding unique constraint to ALTER TABLE in MySQL

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 470 Views

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1811      (      FirstName varchar(20),      LastName varchar(20)      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Here is the query to add indexmysql> alter table DemoTable1811 ADD UNIQUE unique_index_first_last_name(FirstName, LastName); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1811 values('John', 'Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1811 values('John', 'Doe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1811 values('Adam', 'Smith'); Query OK, 1 ...

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Fetch a specific column value (name) in MySQL

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 904 Views

To fetch a specific column value, use LIKE clause. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1809      (      Name varchar(20)      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1809 values('Johnson'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement ...

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Display all the column values in a single row separated by comma in MySQL?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 1K+ Views

For this, use GROUP_CONCAT() and CONCAT(). Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1807      (      Id int      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1807 values(101); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1807 values(102); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1807 values(103); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select * from DemoTable1807;This will produce the following output −+------+ | Id   | ...

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How to select rows in MySQL that are >= 1 DAY from the current date?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 918 Views

To get data greater than equal to 1 day from the current date, use the concept of INTERVAL in MySQL.The current date is as follows −mysql> select curdate(); +------------+ | curdate()  | +------------+ | 2019-11-29 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)We will first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1806      (      DueDate datetime      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1806 values('2019-11-28'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1806 values('2019-11-29'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 ...

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How to use CONTAINS() with CURDATE in MySQL?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 24-Dec-2019 266 Views

For this, you can use CONCAT() with CURDATE().There is no function with the name CONTAINS() in MySQL.Let us first get the current date. The current date is as follows −mysql> select curdate();This will produce the following output −+------------+ | curdate()  | +------------+ | 2019-11-28 | +------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)We will now create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1803      (      Name varchar(20),      JoiningYear varchar(20)      ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1803 values('Chris', '2020/2017'); Query OK, 1 row ...

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