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MySQL SELECT to skip first N results?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 410 Views

To skip records in MySQL SELECT, use OFFSET. Let us first create a table−mysql> create table DemoTable (    Name varchar(40) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)Display all records from ...

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How to speed up SELECT DISTINCT in MySQL

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 782 Views

To speed up SELECT DISTINCT, you can create an index on the column or set of columns. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Name varchar(40) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.13 sec)Following is the query to create an index −mysql> create index Name_Index on DemoTable(Name); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.56 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into ...

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MySQL query to calculate the total amount from column values with Cost and Quantity?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 1K+ Views

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Cost int,    Quantity int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.80 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(65, 2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(290, 4); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(40, 3); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;This will produce the following output −+------+----------+ | Cost | Quantity | +------+----------+ | 65 ...

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MySQL query to check if a string contains a word?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 2K+ Views

For this, you can use the LIKE operator along with CONCAT() function. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Value text ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('MySQL'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Is'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Relational'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Database'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select ...

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How to select all the records except a row with certain id from a MySQL table?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 953 Views

To avoid displaying a certain id from a table, you need to use the operator, which is the NOT EQUAL operator. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable7 (    StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    StudentName varchar(40) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.53 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable7(StudentName) values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable7(StudentName) values('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable7(StudentName) values('Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable7(StudentName) ...

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How to update empty string to NULL in MySQL?

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 1K+ Views

For this, use LENGTH(), since if the length is 0 that would mean the string is empty. After finding, you can set it to NULL using the SET clause in the UPDATE command. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Name varchar(50) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.68 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(''); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> ...

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Get the first 10 rows followed by the syntax to display remaining row records with a single MySQL query

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 215 Views

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Id int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(100); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.31 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(101); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(102); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(103); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.64 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(104); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(105); Query OK, 1 row affected ...

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MySQL query to display the first alphabet from strings in a separate column

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 19K+ Views

To fetch the first alphabet from the strings, use LEFT(). This method allows you to return characters from the left of the string.Let us first see an example and create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    FirstName varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.03 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable(FirstName) values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(FirstName) values('Adam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(FirstName) values('Jace'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) ...

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MySQL query to select three highest values and sort alphabetically on the basis of corresponding column with name

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 880 Views

For this, you can use the ORDER BY clause. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Name varchar(40),    Score int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.11 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris', 45); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob', 98); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David', 78); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike', 96); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol', 43); ...

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Adding records with REPLACE INTO to mimic DELETE and INSERT

AmitDiwan
AmitDiwan
Updated on 01-Oct-2019 207 Views

You can use REPLACE INTO that works like DELETE + INSERT. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Id int,    FirstName varchar(50) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Following is the query to create a unique index −mysql> alter table DemoTable add unique id_index(Id); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.41 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0Insert some records in the table using insert command. Since we have added duplicate records, the new record gets added i.e. replaced with the same Id with the previous record −mysql> replace into DemoTable values(100, 'Chris'); Query ...

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