You can use CONCAT() function to set date and time fields to get DATETIME field.Let us create a demo tablemysql> create table getDateTimeFieldsDemo -> ( -> ShippingDate date, -> ShippingTime time, -> Shippingdatetime datetime -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into getDateTimeFieldsDemo(ShippingDate, ShippingTime) values('2018-01-21', '09:45:34'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into getDateTimeFieldsDemo(ShippingDate, ShippingTime) values('2013-07-26', '13:21:20'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> ... Read More

To add/ concatenate text values within a select clause, you can use concat() function.Let us create a tablemysql> create table ConcatenatingDemo -> ( -> UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, -> UserName varchar(20), -> UserCountryName varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.82 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into ConcatenatingDemo(UserName, UserCountryName) values('John', 'US'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into ConcatenatingDemo(UserName, UserCountryName) values('Carol', 'UK'); Query OK, ... Read More

You can use COUNT() function for this. Let us first create a demo tablemysql> create table countValueDemo -> ( -> ShippingDatetime datetime, -> FirstValue int, -> SecondValue int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.35 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into countValueDemo values('2019-01-23', 1, 2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec) mysql> insert into countValueDemo values('2017-02-21', NULL, 2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into countValueDemo values('2016-04-12', 1, NULL); ... Read More

You can speed the MySQL insert when you are inserting multiple records at the same time with the help of the following syntaxSTART TRANSACTION insert into insertDemo(yourColumnName1, yourColumnName2, ...N) values(yourValue1, yourValue2, ....N), (yourValue1, yourValue2, ....N), .......N commitLet us first create a demo tablemysql> create table insertDemo    -> (    -> StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> StudentName varchar(20),    -> StudentAge int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.72 sec)Insert multiple records at the same time. The query is as follows −mysql> START TRANSACTION; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into ... Read More

Let us first create a demo tablemysql> create table excludeCertainColumnsDemo    -> (    -> StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> StudentName varchar(100),    -> StudentAge int,    -> StudentMarks int,    -> StudentAddress varchar(200)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.50 sec)Now you can check the description of table with the help of desc command. The query is as follows −mysql> desc excludeCertainColumnsDemo;The following is the output+----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field          | Type         | Null | Key | Default | Extra          | +----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | ... Read More

To achieve this, the following is the syntaxselect date_format(from_unixtime(yourColumnName), '%b %d, %Y %l:%i %p PDT') from yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table unixTimeStampFormatDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> MyTimeStampValue bigint    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into unixTimeStampFormatDemo(MyTimeStampValue) values(1334428200); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into unixTimeStampFormatDemo(MyTimeStampValue) values(1513881000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 ... Read More

Let us first create a tablemysql> create table orderByAFunctionDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> FirstNumber int,    -> SecodNumber int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.44 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into orderByAFunctionDemo(FirstNumber, SecodNumber) values(10, 4); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into orderByAFunctionDemo(FirstNumber, SecodNumber) values(45, 78); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into orderByAFunctionDemo(FirstNumber, SecodNumber) values(23, 10); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into orderByAFunctionDemo(FirstNumber, SecodNumber) values(67, ... Read More

To display sum in last row of a table, you can use UNION. To understand how, let us create a tablemysql> create table showSumInLastRowDemo    -> (    -> StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> StudentName varchar(20),    -> StudentMarks int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.69 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into showSumInLastRowDemo(StudentName, StudentMarks) values('John', 56); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into showSumInLastRowDemo(StudentName, StudentMarks) values('John', 87); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into showSumInLastRowDemo(StudentName, StudentMarks) ... Read More

To compare two strings which are numbers in MySQL, use the CAST() function.The syntax is as followsselect *from yourTableName where cast(yourColumnName as signed)=yourIntegerValue;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table compareTwoStringDemo -> ( -> UserId varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.78 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into compareTwoStringDemo values('1083745'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into compareTwoStringDemo values('9867585'); Query OK, 1 ... Read More

To add a new MySQL table column and index, you can use ALTER TABLE command.The syntax is as followsALTER TABLE yourTableName ADD COLUMN yourColumnName dataType, ADD INDEX(yourColumnName );To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table AddColumnAndIndexDemo    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> Name varchar(100),    -> Address varchar(200)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.81 sec)Now you can check the description of table. The query is as follows −mysql> desc AddColumnAndIndexDemo;The following is the output+---------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field ... Read More