To display structure of a table, following is the syntax −show create table yourTableName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> EmployeeFirstName varchar(100),    -> EmployeeLastName varchar(100),    -> EmployeeAge int,    -> isMarried tinyint(1),    -> EmployeeAddress varchar(100),    -> EmployeeCountryName varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.62 sec)Here is the query to display structure −mysql> show create table DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Table        | Create Table             ... Read More

Use the CASE statements and set conditions for the same. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> X int,    -> Y int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.57 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(20, 30); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(40, 15); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(80, 85); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select ... Read More

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable1    -> (    -> Id int,   -> Name varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.53 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values(10, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values(11, 'Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1 values(12, 'Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.32 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+------+--------+ | Id ... Read More

To split a column after specific characters, use the SUBSTRING_INDEX() method −select substring_index(yourColumnName, '-', -1) AS anyAliasName from yourTableName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> StreetName text -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Paris Hill St.-CA-83745646') ; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.32 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('502 South Armstrong Street-9948443'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+------------------------------------+ | ... Read More

To find the minimum values of two or more fields, use LEAST() function from MySQL −select least(yourColumnName1, yourColumnName2, ...N) from yourTableName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Date1 date, -> Date2 date, -> Date3 date -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.54 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('2019-03-31', '2019-01-01', '2019-03-05'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+------------+------------+------------+ | Date1      | Date2      | Date3 ... Read More

You can use below syntax. Following is the syntax −update yourTableName set yourColumnName=REVERSE(SUBSTRING(REVERSE(yourColumnName), INSTR(REVERSE(yourColumnName), '.')));Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Words text -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.51 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Value1. Value2 .Value3.Value4.Value5'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+--------------------------------------+ | Words ... Read More

For random records, you can use rand() method. To set the number of records, use the LIMIT −select *from yourTableName order by rand() limit numberOfRecords;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> LastName varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.51 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert ... Read More

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> AdmissionDate varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.66 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Wed, 19 Jun 2019 04:10:20'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+---------------------------+ | AdmissionDate | +---------------------------+ | Wed, 19 Jun 2019 04:10:20 | +---------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)Following is ... Read More

Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Code varchar(100)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.07 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values('/101/102/106'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('/110/111/101'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('/111/114/201'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.47 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('/111/118'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −mysql> select *from DemoTable;OutputThis will produce ... Read More

Yes, we can use ADD and CHANGE with ALTER statement. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Name varchar(100),    -> Age int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.84 sec)Now check the description of table.mysql> desc DemoTable;OutputThis will produce the following output −+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Name  | varchar(100) | YES  |   | NULL |   | | Age   | int(11)   ... Read More