How to get a list of MySQL user accounts?

Arjun Thakur
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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To get the list of MySQL user accounts, we can use “SELECT USER”. The following is the query to display the list. SELECT User FROM mysql.user; Here is the output. +------------------+ | User | +------------------+ | John | | Mac | | Manish | | mysql.infoschema | | mysql.session ... Read More

Is it possible to have a function-based index in MySQL?

Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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Function-based index wasn’t possible in MySQL versions below 5.6. Firstly, to create function-based index in MySQL, we will create a table. mysql> create table FunctionIndexDemo - > ( - > FirstName varchar(100) - > ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.70 sec) Let us see the syntax to create a function based index. create index index_name on yourTableName (column_name(IntegerSize)); Here is the query. mysql> create index indFirstName on FunctionIndexDemo (FirstName(6)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.56 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 ... Read More

MySQL's DESCRIBE command?

Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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The MySQL’s DESCRIBE or DESC both are equivalent. The DESC is the short form of DESCRIBE command and used to dipslay the information about a table like column names and constraints on column name. The DESCRIBE command is equivalent to the following command − SHOW columns from yourTableName command. The following is the query that display information about a table with the help of DESCRIBE command. The query is as follows. mysql> DESCRIBE Student; Above, Student is the table name in my database. The above query generates the following output. +-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type ... Read More

How to disable ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY in MySQL?

George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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You can enable ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY in MySQL as shown in the following query − mysql> SET sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) As shown above, we can enable ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY with the help of SET command. To disable ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY with the help of the following query − mysql> SET GLOBAL sql_mode=(SELECT REPLACE(@@sql_mode,'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY','')); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec) We have disabled ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY successfully.

How to create a MySQL table with MyISAM engine table?

Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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To create a MySQL table with MyISAM engine, we can use ENGINE command. Let us first create a table using CREATE command. mysql> create table StudentRecordWithMyISAM -> ( -> Id int, -> StudentName varchar(100), -> StudentAge int -> )ENGINE=MyISAM; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.26 sec) Above, we have set the ENGINE as “MyISAM”. To check how many columns are present in the table, use DESC command. mysql> DESC StudentRecordWithMyISAM; The following is the output. +-------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field ... Read More

How to convert MyISAM to InnoDB storage engine in MySQL?

George John
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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To convert the MyISAM Engine to InnoDB, we can use the ALTER command. Let us now create a table with the help of engine MyISAM. mysql> create table MyISAMToInnoDBDemo -> ( -> id int, -> Name varchar(100) -> )ENGINE=MyISAM; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.19 sec) To check if the table is created with engine MyISAM or not. mysql> SELECT TABLE_NAME, ENGINE FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'business' and ENGINE = 'MyISAM'; The following is the output that displays the table created with MyISAM ... Read More

What is the benefit of zerofill in MySQL?

Chandu yadav
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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ZEROFILL pads the displayed value of the field with zeros up to the display width set in the column definition. Let us understand the role of zero fill in MySQL using an example. Creating a table with two columns, one has zerofill and the second one does not. The query to create a table. mysql> create table ZeroFillDemo -> ( -> First int(18) zerofill, -> Second int(18) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec) We can insert records in the table with the help ... Read More

How to debug Lock wait timeout exceeded on MySQL?

Chandu yadav
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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The debug Lock wait timeout situation occurs because of some threads. If one thread is holding on to some records for a very long time, it means the thread has exceeded time. To see all the details, implement the following query − mysql> SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS; The following is the output. +--------+------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Type | Name | Status ... Read More

How to get the size of the tables of a MySQL database?

Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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To get the size of the tables of a MySQL database, you can use the “information_schema.tables”. Here is the syntax to know the size of all tables. SELECT TABLE_NAME AS `ALLTABLESNAME`, ROUND((DATA_LENGTH + INDEX_LENGTH) / 1024 / 1024) AS `TABLESIZEIN(MB)` FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = "yourDatabaseName" ORDER BY (DATA_LENGTH + INDEX_LENGTH) ASC; Let us apply the above syntax to get the size of the tables. mysql> SELECT TABLE_NAME AS `ALLTABLESNAME`, ROUND((DATA_LENGTH + INDEX_LENGTH) / 1024 / 1024) AS `TABLESIZEIN(MB)` -> FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = "business" ... Read More

Why doesn't MySQL support millisecond / microsecond precision?

Ankith Reddy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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The millisecond/ microsecond precision wasn’t supported in previous versions like 5.6.4. But now MySQL supports millisecond/ microsecond precision with timestamp, datetime, and time. The official statement. “MySQL now supports fractional seconds for TIME, DATETIME, and TIMESTAMP values, with up to microsecond precision”. You can check the MySQL version on your system using the version() method. mysql> SELECT version(); The following is the output. +-----------+ | version() | +-----------+ | 8.0.12 | +-----------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) Let us now see the syntax to check the date difference. mysql> SELECT DATEDIFF(now(), ... Read More

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