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No, MySQL won’t improve search performance whenever you have leading wildcards because MySQL will be unable to use the index. If you change to ‘anyLetter%’ then it will be able to use indexThe below syntax is better to use with trailing wildcards. The syntax is as follows −SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yoorColumnName LIKE ‘anyLetter%’;The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table TrailingWildCardDemo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> Name Varchar(20), -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) -> ); Query OK, 0 ... Read More

In PHP, the empty string equals to a NULL value, but in MySQL, the case is the different i.e. empty string is not equal to NULL value. To understand the above syntax, let us create a column with NOT NULL constraint while you can insert an empty string.Let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table EmptyStringNotNullDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> Name varchar(10) not null,    -> PRIMARY KEY(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.83 sec)Now you can insert some records ... Read More

To create column names to be used in a query, you need to use a user-defined variable with the set command. The syntax is as follows −SET @anyVariableName := (    SELECT CONCAT    (       "SELECT",    GROUP_CONCAT(CONCAT(" 1 as ", COLUMN_NAME) SEPARATOR ', '), " FROM DUAL")    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA_COLUMNS    WHERE TABLE_NAME= ‘yourTableName’ );Now prepare the statement using the PREPARE command. The syntax is as follows −PREPARE anyVariableName from @anyVariableName;Execute statement using EXECUTE command. The syntax is as follows −EXECUTE anyVariableName;Deallocate the prepared statement using DEALLOCATE command. The syntax is as follows −DEALLOCATE PREPARE anyVariableName; ... Read More

If your cast does not work, then you can use yourColumnName*1 with ORDER BY clause.Using yourColumnName*1. The syntax is as follows:SELECT yourColumnName1, yourColumnName2, ...N FROM yourTableName ORDER BY yourColumnName*1 DESC;You can also use CAST() operator. The syntax is as follows:SELECT yourColumnName1, yourColumnName2, ...N FROM yourTableName ORDER BY CAST(yourColumnName as DECIMAL(8, 2)) DESC;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:mysql> create table VarcharColumnAsFloatDemo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> Amount varchar(20), -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) ... Read More

To find rows and update with new value where column value ends with specific substring you need to use LIKE operator.The syntax is as follows:UPDATE yourTableName SET yourColumnName=’yourValue’ WHERE yourColumnName LIKE ‘%.yourString’;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:mysql> create table RowEndsWithSpecificString -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> FileName varchar(30), -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.50 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using ... Read More

To fetch rows where first character is not alphanumeric, you can use the following regular expression.Case 1 − If you want those rows that starts from a digit, you can use the following syntax −SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourColumnName REGEXP '^[0-9]';Case 2 − If you want those rows that start from an alphanumeric, use the following syntax −SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourColumnName REGEXP '^[^0-9A-Za-z]' ;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table getRowsFirstNotAlphanumeric -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> UserPassword varchar(20), -> PRIMARY ... Read More

If you want to get only digits using REGEXP, use the following regular expression( ^[0-9]*$) in where clause.Case 1 − If you want only those rows which have exactly 10 digits and all must be only digit, use the below regular expression.SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourColumnName REGEXP '^[0-9]{10}$';Case 2 − If you want only those rows with the digit either 1 or more, the following is the syntax −SELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourColumnName REGEXP '^[0-9]*$';The above syntax will give only those rows that do not have any any characters.To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query ... Read More

You can remove special characters from a database field using REPLACE() function. The special characters are double quotes (“ “), Number sign (#), dollar sign($), percent (%) etc.The syntax is as follows to remove special characters from a database field.UPDATE yourTableName SET yourColumnName=REPLACE(yourColumnName, ’yourSpecialCharacters’, ’’);To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:mysql> create table RemoveSpecialCharacterDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,    -> Name varchar(20),    -> PRIMARY Key(Id)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)Insert some records in the table using ... Read More

To find the nth highest value of a column, you need to use ORDER BY DESC with LIMIT clause. If you want the second highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 1, 1;If you want the fourth highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 3, 1;If you want the first highest value of a column, use the below syntax:SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY DESC yourColumnName LIMIT 1;As discussed in the above syntax, you need to change only in LIMIT clause. To understand ... Read More

As you know the DECIMAL() method takes two parameter. The first parameter tells about the total number of digits and second parameter tells about number of digits after decimal point. Therefore, if you use DECIMAL(10, 10) that means you can use only 10 fractional digit.For Example: Store 0.9999999999 with DECIMAL(20, 10).To understand what we discussed above, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:mysql> create table Decimal_Demo -> ( -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, -> Price DECIMAL(20, 10), -> PRIMARY KEY(Id) ... Read More