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Setting column values as column names in the MySQL query result?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 4K+ Views

To set column values as column names in the query result, you need to use a CASE statement.The syntax is as follows −select yourIdColumnName, max(case when (yourColumnName1='yourValue1') then yourColumnName2 else NULL end) as 'yourValue1', max(case when (yourColumnName1='yourValue2') then yourColumnName2 else NULL end) as 'yourValue2', max(case when yourColumnName1='yourValue3') then yourColumnName2 else NULL end) as 'yourValue3’, . . N from valueAsColumn group by yourIdColumnName order by yourIdColumnName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table valueAsColumn    -> (    -> UserId int,    -> UserColumn1 varchar(10),    -> ...

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Exact count of all rows in MySQL database?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 476 Views

To exactly count all rows, you need to use the aggregate function COUNT(*). The syntax is as follows −select count(*) 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 CountAllRowsDemo    -> (    -> Id int,    -> Name varchar(10),    -> Age int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.49 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into CountAllRowsDemo values(1, 'John', 23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 ...

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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 348 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 254 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 534 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 630 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 747 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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Get the strings in the table records that ends with numbers?

Samual Sam
Samual Sam
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 144 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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