Swap Values in MySQL Column

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 11:11:22

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For this, use a CASE statement. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Value char(1) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.21 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('a'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('b'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('a'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('a'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('b'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable ... Read More

Use INTERVAL Keyword While Inserting Date Records in MySQL

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 11:09:28

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Yes, we can use INTERVAL while inserting data records. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    ArrivalTime datetime ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.52 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. Here, we are using INTERVAL keyword for incrementing the date records while inserting −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(date_add(now(), interval 4 hour)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.41 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(date_add('2016-01-31 10:40:50', interval 2 hour)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(date_add('2015-05-01 12:00:00', interval 1 hour)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec) mysql> ... Read More

Use Year as a Column in MySQL Table

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 11:02:35

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Yes, you can give the year as a column name in MySQL table since it isn’t a reserved word. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Year int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.87 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(1995); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(2019); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(2016); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(2018); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from ... Read More

Concatenate Rows Based on Boolean Values in Another Column with MySQL

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 11:00:57

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To concatenate rows on the basis of boolean value in another column, use GROUP_CONCAT(). Let us first create a table. Here, we have set one of the columns “isValidUser” as BOOLEAN −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    UserMessage varchar(100),    isValidUser boolean ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserMessage, isValidUser) values('Hi', true); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.26 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserMessage, isValidUser) values('Hello', false); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserMessage, isValidUser) values('Good', ... Read More

Order By Letters Not Numbers in MySQL

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:53:49

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To ORDER BY letters, use ORDER BY SUBSTRING(). Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Id varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.65 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('456 John Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('897 Adam Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('1009 Bob Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;This will produce the following output −+----------------+ | Id ... Read More

Two Ways to Fetch Maximum Value from a MySQL Column

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:50:23

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To fetch the maximum value, use any of the below-given syntaxes −select max(yourColumnName) from yourTableName; OR select *from yourTableName order by yourColumnName desc limit 1;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Value int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.84 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(45); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(87); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(56); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(77); Query OK, 1 row affected ... Read More

MySQL Query for Alphabetical Search with REGEXP

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:48:04

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For alphabetic search, use the REGEX in MySQL. Here, let’s say we are searching for records beginning with A, B or C. The syntax to use REGEXP for the same purpose is as follows −select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName REGEXP '^[ABC]';Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Name varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.69 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike'); Query ... Read More

Use TRIM on All Records in a MySQL Table

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:46:39

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TRIM is used to remove leading and trailing spaces. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    StudentName varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.64 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. Here, we have inserted records with leading and trailing whitespaces −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(' Adam Smith '); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(' David Miller '); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(' Chris Brown '); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(' Carol ... Read More

MySQL Query to Fetch the Latest Date from a Table

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:43:19

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Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    DueDate date ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2018-10-01'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2016-12-31'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-07-02'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2015-01-12'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-04-26'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select ... Read More

Get Maximum Date from Varchar Dates in MySQL

AmitDiwan
Updated on 25-Sep-2019 10:40:54

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Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    AdmissionDate varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.76 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Sunday, 11 August 2019'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Friday, 18 October 2019'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Thursday, 18 July 2019'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable ;This will produce the following output −+-------------------------+ | AdmissionDate ... Read More

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