To skip blank and null in MySQL, use the following syntax:select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName IS NOT NULL AND yourColumnName '';Let us first create a table:mysql> create table DemoTable (Id int, FirstName varchar(20)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.66 sec)Following is the query to insert records in the table using insert command:mysql> insert into DemoTable values(100, 'Larry'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(101, ''); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(102, 'Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(103, null); Query OK, 1 ... Read More

Yes, we can select second largest record from a table without using LIMIT clause. Let us first see an example and create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    Number int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.66 sec)Insert records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable values(78); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(67); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(92); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(98); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(88); ... Read More

For this, you can use INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS as shown in the following syntax −SELECT *FROM (SELECT *FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME= 'yourTableName') anyAliasName;Let us first create a table:mysql> create table DemoTable (    StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    StudentFirstName varchar(20),    StudentLastName varchar(20),    StudentAge int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.51 sec)Here is the query to use `SHOW COLUMNS` as a valid data source −mysql> SELECT *FROM (SELECT *FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME= 'DemoTable')tbl;This will produce the following output −+---------------+--------------+-------------+------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------+-----------+--------------------------+------------------------+-------------------+---------------+--------------------+--------------------+-----------------+-------------+------------+----------------+---------------------------------+----------------+-----------------------+--------+ | TABLE_CATALOG | TABLE_SCHEMA | TABLE_NAME | COLUMN_NAME       | ORDINAL_POSITION | COLUMN_DEFAULT | IS_NULLABLE | ... Read More

You can use LEFT() from MySQL to display some character from the entire value in MySQL. Following is the syntax:select left(yourColumnName ,200 ) AS anyAliasName from yourTableName;Let us first create a table:mysql> create table DemoTable (Paragraph longtext); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)Following is the query to insert records in the table using insert command:mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Introduction to Java, Introduction to C, Introduction to C++, Introduction to Spring, Introduction to Hibernate, Introduction to Python, Introduction to MySQL, Introduction to MongoDB, Introduction to SQL Server, Introduction to ASP.net, Introduction to JSF'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)Following ... Read More

Yes, you can find out the next auto_increment with SELECT AUTO_INCREMENT as shown in the below syntax −SELECT AUTO_INCREMENT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA= yourDatabaseName AND TABLE_NAME=yourTableName;Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    ClientId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    ClientName varchar(20),    ClientAge int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.33 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable(ClientName, ClientAge) values('John', 23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.35 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(ClientName, ClientAge) values('Carol', 21); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.28 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(ClientName, ClientAge) values('Bob', ... Read More

To SELECT records if the absolute value of the difference between two values is greater than a certain number, following is the syntax:select *from yourTableName where abs(yourColumnName1-yourColumnName2) >= yourCertainNumber;Let us first create a table:mysql> create table DemoTable (    Number1 int ,    Number2 int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)Following is the query to insert some records in the table using insert command:mysql> insert into DemoTable values(10, 20); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(100, 200); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(400, 300); Query OK, 1 ... Read More

To create MySQL user with limited privileges, following is the syntax −CREATE USER 'yourUserName'@'yourHostName' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourPassword';Following is the syntax to set limited privileges for user −GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, etc. REFERENCES ON yourDatabaseName.* TO 'yourUserName'@'yourHostName';Let us implement the above syntaxes in order to create a MySQL user with limited privileges −mysql> CREATE USER 'David'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'david'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.20 sec) mysql> GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, ALTER, CREATE, REFERENCES ON test.* TO 'David'@'localhost'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.21 sec)Let us check the user has been created with name ‘David’ or not.mysql> ... Read More

Yes, you can write own MySQL function to use in MySQL queries. Following is the syntax:DELIMITER // CREATE FUNCTION yourFunctionName(optional parameters)) RETURNS yourDataType DETERMINISTIC NO SQL BEGIN yourStatements1 . . . . N END // DELIMITER ;We have used the CREATE FUNCTION above to create a custom function.Let us create a custom MySQL function to use in MySQL query:mysql> DELIMITER // mysql> CREATE FUNCTION get_First_Name(Name VARCHAR(255)) RETURNS VARCHAR(255)    DETERMINISTIC    NO SQL    BEGIN       RETURN LEFT(Name, LOCATE(' ', Name) - 1);    END    // Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.20 sec) mysql> DELIMITER ;Now call ... Read More

To update one column data to another column, you can use UPDATE command. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable (    UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    UserFirstName varchar(20),    ListOfName varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName, ListOfName) values('John', 'Larry'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.29 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName, ListOfName) values('Carol', null); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName, ListOfName) values('David', 'Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName, ListOfName) ... Read More

In order to remove every column in a table in MySQL, you can use DROP TABLE command. Following is the syntax:DROP TABLE yourTableName;Let us first create a table:mysql> create table DemoTable (    StudentId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    StudentFirstName varchar(20),    StudentLastName varchar(20),    StudentAge int,    StudentAddress varchar(200),    StudentCountryName varchar(30),    StudentDateOfBirth datetime ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.85 sec)Let us check the description of table using DESC command:mysql> desc DemoTable;This will produce the following output:+--------------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field              | Type         | Null | Key ... Read More