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Is it okay to store double and date in VARCHAR with MySQL?
Yes, you can store double and date in VARCHAR. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Amount varchar(20), -> JoiningDate varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.96 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command. We are inserting varchar double and date values −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('150.50','Oct 10,2019');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.91 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('173.45','Sept 11,2018');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('173.90','Jan 01,2017');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------+--------------+ | Amount | JoiningDate | +--------+--------------+ | 150.50 | Oct 10,2019 | | 173.45 | Sept 11,2018 | | 173.90 | Jan 01,2017 | +--------+--------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Now, we are storing the VARCHAR records to DOUBLE and DATE types −
mysql> select Amount+0.0 as DoubleValue,str_to_date(JoiningDate,'%M %d,%Y') as Date from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+-------------+------------+ | DoubleValue | Date | +-------------+------------+ | 150.5 | 2019-10-10 | | 173.45 | 2018-09-11 | | 173.9 | 2017-01-01 | +-------------+------------+ 3 rows in set (0.04 sec)
Updated on: 26-Feb-2020
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