You can create a function using create function command. The syntax is as follows −delimiter // DROP FUNCTION if exists yourFunctionName; CREATE FUNCTION yourFunctionName(Parameter1, ...N) returns type BEGIN # declaring variables; # MySQL statementns END // delimiter ;First, here we will create a table and add some records in the table. After that, a simple function will be created. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table ViewDemo −> ( −> Id int, −> Name varchar(200), −> Age int −> ); ... Read More

Let us first create a table to increase and adecrease row value by 1. The following is the query −mysql> create table IncrementAndDecrementValue    −> (    −> UserId int,    −> UserScores int    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into IncrementAndDecrementValue values(101, 20000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into IncrementAndDecrementValue values(102, 30000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into IncrementAndDecrementValue values(103, 40000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)Display all records ... Read More

You can increase and decrease row value by 1 in MySQL using UPDATE command. The syntax is as follows −UPDATE yourTableName set yourColumnName = yourColumnName-1 where condition;Let us create a table to decrease row value by 1. The following is the query −mysql> create table IncrementAndDecrementValue    −> (    −> UserId int,    −> UserScores int    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into IncrementAndDecrementValue values(101, 20000); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into IncrementAndDecrementValue values(102, 30000); ... Read More

You can use in-built function UPPER() from MySQL to change a lower case to upper case. The syntax is as follows with select statement.SELECT UPPER(‘yourStringValue’);The following is an example showing string in lower case −mysql> select upper('john');Here is the output displaying string in upper case −+---------------+ | upper('john') | +---------------+ | JOHN          | +---------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)If you already have a table with a lower case value, then you can use the UPPER() function with update command. The syntax is as follows −UPDATE yourTableName set yourColumnName = UPPER(yourColumnName);To understand the above concept, let ... Read More

To get average on time column, use the below syntax. It will give the average in time format −SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(AVG(TIME_TO_SEC(yourColumnName))) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;To understand the above concept, let us create a table. The following is the query −mysql> create table AverageOnTime    −> (    −> PunchInTime time    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.61 sec)Insert time values in the table using insert command. The query to insert records is as follows −mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:00:40'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into AverageOnTime values('00:02:50'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) ... Read More

To extract first word from a field, use in-built SUBSTRING_INDEX() function. The syntax is as follows −SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(yourColumnName, ’ ‘, 1) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;In the above query, if you use -1 in place of 1 then you will get the last word. To understand the above concept, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table.mysql> create table FirstWordDemo −> ( −> AllWords longtext −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.83 sec)Now insert some words in the table using insert command. The query is ... Read More

To display the value of a variable, you can use select statement. The syntax is follows −SELECT @yourVariableName;Let us first create a variable. This can be done using SET command. The following is the syntax to create a variable −SET @yourVariableName = yourValue;Let us check the above syntax to create a variable and display the value of created variable.The following is the query to create a variable −mysql> set @FirstName = 'Bob'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)Now you can display the value of a variable using select statement. The query is as follows −mysql> select @FirstName;The following is ... Read More

You can update MySQL with IF condition as well as CASE statement. For this purpose, let us first create a table. The query to create a table −mysql> create table UpdateWithIfCondition    −> (    −> BookId int,    −> BookName varchar(200)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Now you can insert records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into UpdateWithIfCondition values(1000, 'C in Depth'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into UpdateWithIfCondition values(1001, 'Introduction to Java'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)Display all records ... Read More

To convert int to current format, use CONCAT() with FORMAT() function from MySQL.The syntax is as follows −SELECT CONCAT(‘CurrencySymbol’, FORMAT(yourColumnName, valueAfterDecimal)) as AnyVariableName from yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table −mysql> create table AddingCurrencySymbolDemo −> ( −> Amount int −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.50 sec)Insert records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into AddingCurrencySymbolDemo values(250); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec) mysql> insert into AddingCurrencySymbolDemo values(500); Query OK, 1 ... Read More

You can change the current count of an auto_increment in MySQL using ALTER command.The syntax is as follows −ALTER TABLE yourTableName AUTO_INCREMENT = IntegerValue;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −mysql> create table changeCurrentAutoIncrementValue    −> (    −> CurrentCount int auto_increment,    −> PRIMARY KEY(CurrentCount)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Insert records in the table using select statement. The auto_increment by default starts from 1 and increments by 1. The query to insert record is as follows −mysql> insert into changeCurrentAutoIncrementValue values(); Query ... Read More