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How to generate a "create table" command based on an existing table in MySQL?

Ankith Reddy
Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 246 Views

You can generate a create table command based on an existing table in MySQL with the help of SHOW CREATE command.The syntax is as followsSHOW CREATE TABLE yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table StudentInformation    - > (    - > StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > StudentName varchar(20),    - > StudentAge int DEFAULT 18,    - > StudentRollNo int,    - > StudentAddress varchar(200),    - > StudentMarks int,    - > StudentDOB datetime,    - > StudentAdmissionDate datetime ...

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How to order by date and time in MySQL?

George John
George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

You need to use ORDER BY clause for this. Let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table OrderByDateThenTimeDemo - > ( - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, - > ShippingDate date, - > ShippingTime time - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command. Here, we have two similar dates, but different times i.e. 2018-01-24mysql> insert into OrderByDateThenTimeDemo(ShippingDate, ShippingTime) ...

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How to get the second last record from a table in MySQL?

Chandu yadav
Chandu yadav
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 5K+ Views

To get the record before the last one i.e. the second last record in MySQL, you need to use subquery.The syntax is as followsSELECT *FROM (SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY yourIdColumnName DESC LIMIT 2) anyAliasName ORDER BY yourIdColumnName LIMIT 1;Let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table lastRecordBeforeLastOne    - > (    - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > Name varchar(20) DEFAULT 'John',    - > Age int DEFAULT 18    - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.79 sec)Now you can insert some ...

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Add 6 hours to now() function without using DATE_ADD() in MySQL?

Ankith Reddy
Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 296 Views

Let us first create a table wherein one of the columns is with datetime. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table Add6Hour - > ( - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, - > ArrivalTime datetime - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command.The query is as followsmysql> insert into Add6Hour(ArrivalTime) values(now()); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement.The query is as followsmysql> select ...

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Prevent negative numbers in MySQL?

Arjun Thakur
Arjun Thakur
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

To prevent negative numbers in MySQL, you need to use INT UNSIGNED. Let’s say you created a table with a column as int i.e. UserGameScores heremysql> create table preventNegativeNumberDemo    - > (    - > UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > UserName varchar(20),    - > UserGameScores int    - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.74 sec)Now if you need to prevent negative numbers in it, modify the same column with INT UNSIGNEDmysql> alter table preventNegativeNumberDemo modify column UserGameScores INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL; Query OK, 0 rows affected (3.32 sec) Records: 0 ...

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MySQL select distinct dates from datetime column in a table?

Ankith Reddy
Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 5K+ Views

You need to use DISTINCT keyword to select distinct dates from datetime column in a table.For an example, let us create a tablemysql> create table PostMesssageDemo    - > (    - > UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > UserMessage varchar(100),    - > UserPost datetime    - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Now you can insert some records in the table using insert command.The query is as followsmysql> insert into PostMesssageDemo(UserMessage, UserPost) values('Software Developer', now()); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into PostMesssageDemo(UserMessage, UserPost) values('Software Developer', date_add(now(), interval 3 ...

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How to implement MySQL CASE with OR condition?

George John
George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 1K+ Views

Here is the syntax of MySQL CASE OR conditionSELECT yourColumnName1, .....N ,    CASE WHEN yourColumnName2=0 or yourColumnName2IS NULL THEN 'yourMessage1' ELSE 'yourMessage2' END AS yourAliasName FROM yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table ReservationSystems    - > (    - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > Name varchar(20),    - > isSeatConfirmed tinyint    - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command.The query is as followsmysql> insert into ReservationSystems(Name, isSeatConfirmed) ...

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How to get the records of the last two days from the current date in MySQL?

Arjun Thakur
Arjun Thakur
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

To get the records of the last days from the current date, you need to use DATE_SUB(). We will also use NOW() to get the current date. The syntax for the same is as followsSELECT *FROM yourTableName WHERE yourDateTimeColumnName BETWEEN DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 2 DAY) AND DATE_SUB(DATE(NOW()), INTERVAL 1 DAY);Let us see an examplemysql> create table get2daysAgoDemo - > ( - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, - > Name varchar(20), - > PostDateTime datetime - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.70 ...

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How do I remove ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP from an existing column in MySQL?

Chandu yadav
Chandu yadav
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 5K+ Views

The ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP defines that an update without an explicit timestamp would result in an update to the current timestamp value.You can remove ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP from a column using ALTER command.The syntax is as followsALTER TABLE yourTableName CHANGE yourTimeStampColumnName yourTimeStampColumnName timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table removeOnUpdateCurrentTimeStampDemo    - > (    - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > Name varchar(20),    - > UserUpdateTimestamp timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP   ...

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How to get the longest VarChar length in MySQL?

George John
George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 4K+ Views

To get the longest varchar length, you need to use CHAR_LENGTH().The syntax is as followsSELECT Max(CHAR_LENGTH(yourColumnName)) AS anyAliasName FROM yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table CharLengthDemo    - > (    - > Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    - > Sentence varchar(255)    - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command.The query is as followsmysql> insert into CharLengthDemo(Sentence) values('Java is an object oriented programming language' - > ); Query OK, 1 row ...

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