Returning a Value Even If There Is No Result in a MySQL Query

Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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You can use IFNULL() function from MySQL to return a value even if there is not result. Let us create a table. Te query to create a table.mysql> create table IfNullDemo    −> (    −> Id int,    −> Name varchar(100)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into IfNullDemo values(1, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into IfNullDemo values(200, 'Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into IfNullDemo ... Read More

Changing Year in MySQL Date

Arjun Thakur
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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To change the year in MySQL date, you need to use DATE_FORMAT() function with UPDATE command. The syntax is as follows.UPDATE yourTableName SET yourDateColumnName = DATE_FORMAT(yourDateColumnName ,'yourYearValue-%m-%d');To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table ChangeYear    -> (    -> id int not null auto_increment,    -> ArrivalTime date,    -> PRIMARY KEY(id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.83 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into ChangeYear(ArrivalTime) values(date_add(now(), interval -2 year)); Query OK, 1 row affected, 1 warning ... Read More

What Happens If It Rains in the Desert

Samrat T
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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There are many interesting answers to this question. But I found one very fascinating and amazing phenomenon. When it rains suddenly in the Atacama desert in Chile, which is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, there will be a sudden spur of life in the desert.If the desert gets heavy rainfall during their spring season which is October and November, there will be a sudden bloom of the flowers ‘hibernating’ beneath its surface. It fills the entire desert with an explosion of color by the flowers coming to their full bloom which is eagerly waiting for the rain, leaving the place ... Read More

Find Nth Highest Value of a MySQL Column

Chandu yadav
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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To find the nth highest value of a column, you need to use ORDER BY DESC with LIMIT clause. If you want the second highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 1, 1;If you want the fourth highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 3, 1;If you want the first highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 1;As discussed in the above syntax, you need to change only in LIMIT clause. To understand ... Read More

Format Numbers with DecimalFormat in Java

Sai Subramanyam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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DecimalFormat is a concrete subclass of NumberFormat that formats decimal numbers. Let us set DecimalFormat("000000E0") and use the format() method as well.new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(199) new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(29089)Since we have used DecimalFormat class in Java, therefore importing the following package is a must −import java.text.DecimalFormat;The following is the complete example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.DecimalFormat; public class Demo { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { System.out.println(new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(199)); System.out.println(new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(29089)); System.out.println(new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(398987)); System.out.println(new DecimalFormat("000000E0").format(498989)); ... Read More

Using SimpleDateFormat with Time Zone in Java

Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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The Z means "zero hour offset", also known as "Zulu time" (UTC) in the ISO 8601 time representation. However, ACP 121 standard defines the list of military time zones and derives the "Zulu time" from the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).TimeZone can be formatted in z, Z or zzzz formats.The following is an example that displays how to implement SimpleDateFormat(“Z”) −Example Live Demoimport java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Calendar; public class Demo { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // displaying current date and time ... Read More

Delete All Records from a MySQL Table

Vrundesha Joshi
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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To delete all the records from a MySQL table, you can use the TRUNCATE statement.The syntax is as follows −TRUNCATE TABLE yourTableName;The above syntax deletes all the records from the table. To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table DeleteAllFromTable −> ( −> PersonId int, −> PersonName varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.67 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command.The query is as follows −mysql> insert ... Read More

Set SQL Mode Permanently in MySQL

George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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If you are using Windows Operating System, check your directory my.cnf or my.ini file.mysql> select @@datadir;The following is the output+---------------------------------------------+ | @@datadir | +---------------------------------------------+ | C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Data\ | +---------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)Reach the above location ‘C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Data\”. The screenshot is as follows for my.cnf fileOpen the my.cnf file and write the sql_mode="TRADITIONAL". The syntax is as followssql_mode="TRADITIONAL".After that start your server once again.

Is Engineering Losing Its Worth Over Time?

Madhuparna
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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Yes, engineering has indeed lost its value over the years. Given that there are several engineering colleges in India and umpteen engineers are being produced each year from these colleges. However, the question is, if India needs so many engineers and if they are all good to be employed why they have trouble in getting jobs. These questions have automatically created negativity against engineering education in India.Bangalore city alone has over 130 engineering colleges, but the employable engineering graduates are only 22% of engineering jobs (according to studies by MHRD a few years back).Decreasing employer satisfaction with fresh engineering graduates. ... Read More

Remove Special Characters from a Database Field in MySQL

George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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You can remove special characters from a database field using REPLACE() function. The special characters are double quotes (“ “), Number sign (#), dollar sign($), percent (%) etc.The syntax is as follows to remove special characters from a database field.UPDATE yourTableName SET yourColumnName=REPLACE(yourColumnName, ’yourSpecialCharacters’, ’’);To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:mysql> create table RemoveSpecialCharacterDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> Name varchar(20),    -> PRIMARY Key(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)Insert some records in the table using ... Read More

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