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How to increase varchar size of an existing column in a database without breaking existing data in MySQL?

Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 676 Views

Increase the varchar size of an existing column in a database with the help of CHANGE command. The syntax is as follows −alter table yourTableName change yourColumnName yourColumnName dataType;Here, we are creating a table with a single column and varchar size 200 −mysql> create table IncreaseVarcharDemo    −> (    −> StudentId varchar(200)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Now insert record in the table. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into IncreaseVarcharDemo values('John123'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)Displaying all records from the table with the help of the following query −mysql> select *from ...

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How to add 30 minutes to datetime in MySQL?

Vrundesha Joshi
Vrundesha Joshi
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 15K+ Views

To add minutes to a datetime you can use DATE_ADD() function from MySQL. In PHP, you can use strtotime().To add 30 minutes in MySQL, the DATE_ADD() function is as follows −select date_add(yourColumnName, interval 30 minute) from yourTableName;To use the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table.mysql> create table Add30MinutesDemo −> ( −> YourTime datetime −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.67 sec)Insert records in the table with the help of following query −mysql> insert into Add30MinutesDemo values(now()); Query OK, 1 row ...

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Delete more than one rows from a table using id in MySQL?

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

You can use IN statement to delete more than one rows from a table using id in MySQL. The syntax is as follows −delete from yourTableName where yourColumnName in(value1, value2, .....valueN);To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table.mysql> create table DeleteManyRows    −> (    −> Id int,    −> Name varchar(200),    −> Age int    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (3.35 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into DeleteManyRows values(1, 'John', 23); ...

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Returning a value even if there is no result in a MySQL query?

Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 9K+ Views

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 ...

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Delete all the records from a MySQL table?

Vrundesha Joshi
Vrundesha Joshi
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

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 ...

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MYSQL select DISTINCT values from two columns?

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 5K+ Views

To select distinct values in two columns, you can use least() and greatest() function from MySQL.Let us create a table with two columns −mysql> create table SelectDistinctTwoColumns    −> (    −> StudentId int,    −> EmployeeId int    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Now you can insert records in the table. The query to insert records is as follows −mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(100, 101); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.39 sec) mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(102, 103); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(104, 105); Query OK, 1 ...

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Can we use str_replace in MySQL?

Rishi Rathor
Rishi Rathor
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 299 Views

The str_replace version in MySQL is the replace() function. Let us first create a table to understand the function −mysql> create table StringReplaceDemo −> ( −> Id int, −> URL varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.38 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo values(1001, 'https://www.google.co.in'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo values(1002, 'https://www.facebook.com'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo ...

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Order strings by length of characters IN mYsql?

Vrundesha Joshi
Vrundesha Joshi
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 485 Views

You can order by length of characters with the help of CHAR_LENGTH() function from MySQL. The function returns the number of characters i.e. 4 for the following string −AMITTo order strings by length of characters, the following is the syntax −select *from yourTableName order by CHAR_LENGTH(yourColumnName);To understand the above concept, let us first create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table OrderByCharacterLength    −> (    −> BookName varchar(200)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.97 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is ...

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How to query between two dates in MySQL?

Anvi Jain
Anvi Jain
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 18K+ Views

You can query between dates with the help of BETWEEN statement. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName between ‘yourStartingDate’ and curdate().Use curdate() or now(), both these functions will work. To understand the above syntax, let us create a table −mysql> create table BetweenDateDemo −> ( −> StartDate datetime −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.78 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of the following query −mysql> insert into BetweenDateDemo values(date_add(now(), interval -1 year)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert ...

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How to return the nth record from MySQL query?

Jennifer Nicholas
Jennifer Nicholas
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

To get the nth record from MySQL query, you can use LIMIT. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName order by yourColumnName limit n, 1;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table NthRecordDemo −> ( −> Id int, −> Name varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.92 sec)Insert some records in the table using the following query −mysql> insert into NthRecordDemo values(100, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) ...

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