To order an alphanumeric column with values like “100X, “2Z”, etc. use the ORDER BY. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> StudentId varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.52 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2X'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('100Y'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('100X'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2Z'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> ... Read More

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> NumberOfItems int,    -> Amount int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.57 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(4, 902); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.45 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(5, 1000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(3, 80); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;Output+---------------+--------+ | NumberOfItems | Amount | +---------------+--------+ |   ... Read More

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> Name varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.76 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1(Name) values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1(Name) values('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable1;Output+----+--------+ | Id | Name   | +----+--------+ |  1 | Chris  | |  2 | Robert | +----+--------+ 2 ... Read More

For this, you can use aggregate function COUNT(*). Let us first create a table in let’s say database “web” −mysql> create table DemoTable1    -> (    -> Value int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values(10); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values(20); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable1;OutputThis will produce the following output −+-------+ | Value | +-------+ |    10 | | ... Read More

Following is the syntax −update yourTableName set yourColumnName1= yourValue where yourColumnName2=yourValue order by yourColumnName2 DESC LIMIT 1;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Id int,    -> Name varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(1, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.41 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(2, 'Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(2, 'Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into ... Read More

Following is the syntax −show create view yourViewName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> StudentName varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)Insert 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('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+-------------+ | StudentName | +-------------+ | ... Read More

For this, you can use INSERT(). Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> ZipCode varchar(200)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.47 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('9030'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('3902'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('9083'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('9089'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement ... Read More

Use LENGTH() for this. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Value text -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.74 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('10, 20, 10, 30, 10, 40, 50, 40'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+-------------------------+ | Value | +-------------------------+ | 10, 20, 10, 30, ... Read More

Use ALTER command for this. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> StudentName varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.46 sec)Here is the query to insert auto_increment −mysql> alter table DemoTable ADD COLUMN StudentId int NOT NULL; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> alter table DemoTable ADD PRIMARY KEY(StudentId); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.23 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> alter table DemoTable CHANGE StudentId StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT; Query OK, 0 rows affected (2.20 sec) Records: 0 ... Read More

The TYPE=HEAP deprecated in newer MySQL versions. You can use ENGINE=HEAP instead of TYPE. Following is the syntax −ENGINE=HEAP;Let us first create a table. Here, we have set Engine=HEAP −mysql> create TEMPORARY table DemoTable    -> (    -> StudentId int,    -> StudentName varchar(30)    -> )Engine = HEAP; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)Let us check the definition of table −mysql> show create table DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table        | Create Table | +--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | DemoTable | CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE `DemoTable` (`StudentId` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `StudentName` varchar(30) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT ... Read More