We can pass an array with the help of where IN clause. Let us first create a new table for our example. mysql> create table PassingAnArrayDemo   -> (   -> id int,   -> Firstname varchar(100)   -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.60 sec) Let us now insert records. mysql> insert into PassingAnArrayDemo values(1, 'John'), (2, 'Carol'), (3, 'Smith'), (4, 'Bob'), (5, 'Johnson'), (6, 'David'), (7, 'Sam'), (8, 'Jessica'); Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.32 sec) Records: 8  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0 To display all records. mysql> select *from PassingAnArrayDemo; The ... Read More

We can enable it with the help of the SET command with GLOBAL. The first time, local infile will be off. The following is the syntax. mysql> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'local_infile'; Here is the output. +---------------+-------+ | Variable_name | Value | +---------------+-------+ | local_infile  | OFF | +---------------+-------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) We can enable the local infile with the help of ON or boolean value true or numeric value 1. The following is the syntax to enable the local infile. mysql> SET GLOBAL local_infile = 'ON'; Query OK, 0 ... Read More

To prepend a string to a column value in MySQL, we can use the function CONCAT. The CONCAT function can be used with UPDATE statement. Creating a table. mysql> create table PrependStringOnCOlumnName   -> (   -> Id int,   -> Name varchar(200)   -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.35 sec) Inserting some records. mysql> insert into PrependStringOnCOlumnName values(1, 'John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into PrependStringOnCOlumnName values(2, 'Carol'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into PrependStringOnCOlumnName values(3, 'Johnson'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.45 sec) ... Read More

To get table names using SELECT statement, use “information_schema.tables”. Let us see an example, wherein we have a database that contains 3 tables. The syntax to get all table names with the help of SELECT statement. SELECT Table_name as TablesName from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'yourDatabaseName'; Using database “test”, and applying the above syntax to get the table names using SELECT mysql> use test; Database changed mysql> SELECT Table_name as TablesName from information_schema.tables where table_schema = 'test'; Output with the name of the three tables. +--------------------+ | TablesName ... Read More

This error comes whenever we add a foreign key constraint between tables and insert records into the child table. Let us see an example. Creating the child table. mysql> create table ChildDemo -> ( -> id int, -> FKPK int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.86 sec) Creating the second table. mysql> create table ParentDemo -> ( -> FKPK int, -> Name varchar(100) -> , -> primary key(FKPK) ... Read More

These mysql_* functions are deprecated and other functions are available that gives better security and functionality. Note: As an alternative, use either _assoc or _row though. mysql_fetch_assoc The function returns an associative array of strings that corresponds to the fetched row, or FALSE if there are no more rows. The associativity array tells us about the key value pair, whereas the key tells about any column name and the value tells about the row value. Here we can map the column name as key and value as row. For example. Key is ID and value is corresponding name. ... Read More

To display all table names with ENGINE as InnoDB, implement the following query mysql> SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA as DATABASENAME ,TABLE_NAME as AllTABLENAME ,ENGINE as ENGINETYPE FROM information_schema.TABLES -> WHERE ENGINE = 'innoDB' -> AND TABLE_SCHEMA NOT IN('mysql', 'information_schema', 'performance_schema'); The following is the output. +--------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+ | DATABASENAME | AllTABLENAME ... Read More

We can convert JS date time to MySQL datetime with the help of toISOString() function.Let us see an example of JavaScript.Example Live Demo           Web Page Design                document.writeln(new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace('T', ' '));              Current Date is displayed above... OutputThe following is the output.2018-11-23 11:14:38 Current Date is displayed above...

We can add 1 day to the date with the help of DATE_ADD() function. Creating a table. mysql> create table Add1DayDemo -> ( -> id int, -> MyDate datetime not null -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.06 sec) Insert some records. mysql> insert into Add1DayDemo values(1, now()); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) mysql> insert into Add1DayDemo values(2, date_add(now(), interval 5 day)); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) To display all records. mysql> select *from Add1DayDemo; ... Read More

The following is the syntax to get the current time zone of MySQL. mysql> SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone; The following is the output. +--------------------+---------------------+ | @@global.time_zone | @@session.time_zone | +--------------------+---------------------+ | SYSTEM | SYSTEM | +--------------------+---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) The above just returns “SYSTEM” because MySQL is set for system time zones. Alternately, we can get the current time zone with the help of now() function. Let us first ... Read More