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Parse date in MySQL with the help of STR_TO_DATE() function. The syntax is as follows −select str_to_date(yourColumName, ’format’) as anyVariableName from yourTableName;The format in the above syntax is '%d-%b-%y'.Now to understand the above function, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table ParseDateDemo −> ( −> yourDate varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.55 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of select statement. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into ParseDateDemo values('10-Nov-18'); Query OK, 1 row ... Read More

To set max_connections in MySQL programmatically, you can use SET command. The syntax is as follows −SET GLOBAL max_connections=yourIntegerValue;Let us implement the above query to set maximum connections. The query is as follows −mysql> set global max_connections=1000; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)Check maximum connections are set or not, using the show variables command. The query is as follows.mysql> show variables like 'max_connections';The following is the output.+-----------------+-------+ | Variable_name   | Value | +-----------------+-------+ | max_connections | 1000  | +-----------------+-------+ 1 row in set (0.18 sec)

To get the nth record from MySQL query, you can use LIMIT. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName order by yourColumnName limit n, 1;To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table NthRecordDemo −> ( −> Id int, −> Name varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.92 sec)Insert some records in the table using the following query −mysql> insert into NthRecordDemo values(100, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) ... Read More

You can query between dates with the help of BETWEEN statement. The syntax is as follows −select *from yourTableName where yourColumnName between ‘yourStartingDate’ and curdate().Use curdate() or now(), both these functions will work. To understand the above syntax, let us create a table −mysql> create table BetweenDateDemo −> ( −> StartDate datetime −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.78 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of the following query −mysql> insert into BetweenDateDemo values(date_add(now(), interval -1 year)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert ... Read More

To concat a string, use the CONCAT() function from MySQL as shown in the below syntaxSELECT CONCAT(yourColumnName1, ’anyConcatenationString’), CONCAT(yourColumnName2, ’anyC oncatenationString’), ....N from yourTableName;To understand the above syntax, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as followsmysql> create table selectConcat -> ( -> StudentId int, -> StudentName varchar(100), -> StudentAge int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.32 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as followsmysql> insert into selectConcat values(1, 'Carol', 23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into selectConcat values(2, 'John', 24); ... Read More

You can order by length of characters with the help of CHAR_LENGTH() function from MySQL. The function returns the number of characters i.e. 4 for the following string −AMITTo order strings by length of characters, the following is the syntax −select *from yourTableName order by CHAR_LENGTH(yourColumnName);To understand the above concept, let us first create a table. The following is the query to create a table −mysql> create table OrderByCharacterLength    −> (    −> BookName varchar(200)    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.97 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is ... Read More

The str_replace version in MySQL is the replace() function. Let us first create a table to understand the function −mysql> create table StringReplaceDemo −> ( −> Id int, −> URL varchar(200) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.38 sec)Insert some records in the table with the help of insert command. The query is as follows −mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo values(1001, 'https://www.google.co.in'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo values(1002, 'https://www.facebook.com'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into StringReplaceDemo ... Read More

Using the CONCAT() function, we can work with user variables in LIKE clause. The syntax is as follows.set @anyVariableName='anyValue'; select yourColumnName1, yourColumnName2, yourColumnName3, ...N from yourTableName whereyourColumnName like CONCAT('%', @anyVariableName, '%');To understand the above syntax, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows.mysql> create table UserVariableInLike -> ( -> id int, -> Name varchar(100), -> Age int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.83 sec)Insert records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows.mysql> insert into UserVariableInLike values(101, 'John', 23); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> ... Read More

To fix the error, you just need to replace TYPE with ENGINE. The syntax to set the engine is as follows −ENGINE = MyISAM;The MySQL error occurs when TYPE is used. Let us see the same scenario while creating a table −mysql> create table Customers −> ( −> CustomerId int, −> CustomerName varchar(200) −> )TYPE = MyISAM;The error is as follows −ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use ... Read More

To select distinct values in two columns, you can use least() and greatest() function from MySQL.Let us create a table with two columns −mysql> create table SelectDistinctTwoColumns    −> (    −> StudentId int,    −> EmployeeId int    −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)Now you can insert records in the table. The query to insert records is as follows −mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(100, 101); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.39 sec) mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(102, 103); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into SelectDistinctTwoColumns values(104, 105); Query OK, 1 ... Read More