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Perform search/replace for only the first occurrence of a character with session variable in MySQL

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 346 Views

To perform search/ replace for only the first occurrence, use the CONCAT and REPLACE() function.The query is as follows to set user defined session variable −mysql> set @Sentence='Thks ks is a my string'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)In this k will be replaced with i only once. The query is as follows. We have used INSTR() also −mysql> select @Sentence as NewString ,CONCAT(REPLACE(LEFT(@Sentence, INSTR(@Sentence, 'k')), 'k', 'i'),    -> SUBSTRING(@Sentence, INSTR(@Sentence, 'k') + 1)) as ChangeOnlyOneTime;The following is the output displaying only the first occurrence of a character is replaced −+------------------------+------------------------+ | NewString ...

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How to select part of a Timestamp in a MySQL Query?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 252 Views

To select part of a timestamp in a query, you need to use YEAR() function. The syntax is as follows in MySQL.select YEAR(yourTimestampColumnName) as anyAliasName from yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table SelectPartOfTimestampDemo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, -> ShippingTime TIMESTAMP -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.11 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> ...

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How to select all rows from a table except the last one in MySQL?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

You need to use != operator along with subquery. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName where yourIdColumnName != (select max(yourIdColumnName) from yourTableName );To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table AllRecordsExceptLastOne    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> UserName varchar(10),    -> UserAge int    -> ,    -> PRIMARY KEY(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.65 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> ...

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Resolve ERROR 1111 (HY000): Invalid use of group function in MySQL? How to correctly use aggregate function with where clause?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

To correctly use aggregate function with where clause in MySQL, the following is the syntax −select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName > (select AVG(yourColumnName) from yourTableName);To understand the above concept, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table EmployeeInformation    -> (    -> EmployeeId int,    -> EmployeeName varchar(20),    -> EmployeeSalary int,    -> EmployeeDateOfBirth datetime    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.08 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into EmployeeInformation values(101, 'John', 5510, '1995-01-21'); ...

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Searching BETWEEN dates stored as varchar in MySQL?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 533 Views

You can search between dates stored as varchar using STR_TO_DATE(). The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName where STR_TO_DATE(LEFT(yourColumnName, LOCATE('', yourColumnName)), '%m/%d/%Y') BETWEEN 'yourDateValue1' AND 'yourDateValue2’;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table SearchDateAsVarchar    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> ShippingDate varchar(100),    -> PRIMARY KEY(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.99 sec)Insert some records in the table using INSERT command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into SearchDateAsVarchar(ShippingDate) values('6/28/2011 9:58 AM'); Query OK, 1 ...

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Set the MySQL primary keys auto increment to be unlimited (or incredibly huge)?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 629 Views

You can use BIGINT but this is not unlimited but you can use large number of primary keys auto increment using it. The syntax is as follows −yourColumnName BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table LargeAutoIncrement -> ( -> Id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.78 sec)Now in this table you can store large number like 9223372036854775807 i.e. for primary key auto increment.Let us insert ...

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Create a column on my table that allows null but is set by default to empty (not null)?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 746 Views

You need to use default keyword for this. The syntax is as follows −alter table yourTableName add yourColumnName yourDataType NULL Default '';To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table AllowNullDefaulNotNullDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> UserName varchar(20),    -> PRIMARY KEY(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.65 sec)Let us add a new column that allow NULL value but default value set to NOT NULL. The query is as follows −mysql> alter table AllowNullDefaulNotNullDemo add UserAddress varchar(20) ...

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Find document with array that contains a specific value in MongoDB

Krantik Chavan
Krantik Chavan
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 852 Views

You can use find() method to find document with array that contains a specific value. The syntax is as follows:db.yourCollectionName.find({"yourArrayFieldName":"yourValue"}, .......N).pretty();To understand the above syntax, let us create a collection with documents. The query to create a collection with documents is as follows:>db.findSpecificValue.insertOne({"StudentId":1, "StudentName":"Larry", "FavouriteSubject":["C", "C++", "Java"]}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c6e8996140577d89182b8d0") } >db.findSpecificValue.insertOne({"StudentId":2, "StudentName":"Larry", "FavouriteSubject":["MongoDB", "MySQL", "SQL Server"]}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c6e89b1140577d89182b8d1") }Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method. The query is as follows:> db.findSpecificValue.find().pretty();The following is the output:{    "_id" : ObjectId("5c6e8996140577d89182b8d0"),    "StudentId" ...

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Get the strings in the table records that ends with numbers?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 141 Views

You need to use REGEXP for this. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName REGEXP '[[:digit:]]$';To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table StringEndsWithNumber    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> UserId varchar(20),    -> UserName varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.62 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into StringEndsWithNumber(UserId, UserName) values('123User', 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert ...

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Get the date/time of the last change to a MySQL database?

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

You can get the date/time of the last change to a MySQL database with the help of INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES. The syntax is as follows −SELECT update_time FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'yourDatabaseName’' AND table_name = 'yourTableName’;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table TblUpdate    -> (    -> Id int not null auto_increment primary key,    -> Name varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.49 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into TblUpdate(Name) ...

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