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Mixing Group Functions with Non-group Selection Fields in SQL Server
Can Group Functions Be Mixed with Non-group Selection Fields in SQL Server? If a group function is used in the SELECT clause, all other selection fields must be group level fields. Non-group fields can not be mixed with group fields in the SELECT clause. The script below gives you an example of inva...
2016-10-25, 3128🔥, 0💬

ALTER TABLE - Delete a Column in Oracle
How To Delete a Column in an Existing Table in Oracle? If you have an existing column in a table and you need that column any more, you can delete it with ALTER TABLE ... DROP COLUMN statement. Here is an example SQL script: SQL&gt; CREATE TABLE emp_dept_90 2 AS SELECT * FROM employees WHERE dep...
2020-02-20, 3126🔥, 0💬

Set a READ ONLY Transaction in Oracle
How To Set a Transaction To Be READ ONLY in Oracle? If you want a transaction to be set as READ ONLY, you need to the transaction with the SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY statement. Note that a DML statement will start the transaction automatically. So you have to issue the SET TRANSACTION statement befor...
2019-08-19, 3126🔥, 0💬

Location of Database Files in SQL Server
Where is my database stored on the hard disk in SQL Server? If a database is created with simple CREATE DATABASE statement, the server will create two database files on the hard disk to store data and configuration information about that data bases: database_name.mdf - SQL Server Database Primary Da...
2016-11-24, 3125🔥, 0💬

Run-Away Recursive Calls in Oracle
What Happens If Recursive Calls Get Out of Control in Oracle? What happens if your code has bug on recursive procedure calls, which causes an infinite number nested procedure calls? The answer is not so good. Oracle server seems to offer no protection calling stack limit. The script below shows you ...
2018-03-18, 3124🔥, 0💬

Introduction to Oracle PL/SQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions about Oracle PL/SQL in general? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team about Oracle PL/SQL in general. This FAQ can also be used as learning tutorials on creating procedures, executing proc...
2019-03-27, 3122🔥, 0💬

Incrementing a Date by 1 in MySQL
How To Increment Dates by 1 in MySQL? If you have a date, and you want to increment it by 1 day, you can use the DATE_ADD(date, INTERVAL 1 DAY) function. You can also use the date interval add operation as "date + INTERVAL 1 DAY". The tutorial exercise below gives you some good examples: SELECT DATE...
2017-12-26, 3119🔥, 0💬

Using ORDER BY to Define a View in SQL Server
Can You Use ORDER BY When Defining a View in SQL Server? Sometimes you want the data in a view to be sorted and try to use the ORDER BY clause in the SELECT statement to define the view. But SQL Server will not allow you to use ORDER BY to define a view without the TOP clause. The tutorial exercise ...
2016-11-04, 3119🔥, 0💬

Running CREATE DATABASE Statement Again in Oracle
How To Run CREATE DATABASE Statement Again in Oracle? After cleaning up the results of a previously failed CREATE DATABASE statement, you can run the CREATE DATABASE statement again as shown below: SQL&gt; @$ORACLE_HOME\config\scripts\c reate_database_fyi.sql;CREATE DATABASE FYI * ERROR at line ...
2019-03-27, 3118🔥, 0💬

Install Oracle ODBC Drivers in Oracle
How To Install Oracle ODBC Drivers in Oracle? Oracle offers different ODBC drivers for different versions of Oracle servers. When you install an Oracle server or a client tools on your Windows system, the appropriate ODBC driver will be installed for you automatically. If you want to install a speci...
2016-10-15, 3117🔥, 0💬

What Is the Implicit Cursor in Oracle
What Is the Implicit Cursor in Oracle? There is only one implicitly cursor in a session. The implicit cursor is the cursor automatically defined by PL/SQL for you. Whenever a SQL statement is executed, this cursor will be assigned to represent the execution of this statement. This implicit cursor is...
2018-02-01, 3115🔥, 0💬

Chaning Other User's Password in MySQL
How To Change the Password of Another User Account in MySQL? If you want to change the password of someone else's user account, you can connect to the server as "root" and use the "SET PASSWORD FOR userName ..." command to change the password of another user account. There are two ways to use this c...
2017-09-08, 3115🔥, 0💬

Convert Numbers to Character Strings in Oracle
How To Convert Numbers to Character Strings in Oracle? You can convert numeric values to characters by using the TO_CHAR() function as shown in the following examples: SELECT TO_CHAR(4123.4570) FROM DUAL 123.457 SELECT TO_CHAR(4123.457, '$9,999,999.99') FROM DUAL $4,123.46 SELECT TO_CHAR(-4123.457, ...
2020-03-25, 3114🔥, 0💬

Create a New View in Oracle
How To Create a New View in Oracle? You can create a new view based on one or more existing tables by using the CREATE VIEW statement as shown in the following script: CREATE VIEW employee_department AS SELECT e.employee_id, e.first_name, e.last_name, e.email, e.manager_id, d.department_name FROM em...
2020-02-07, 3112🔥, 0💬

Privilege to Query Tables in Another Schema in Oracle
What Privilege Is Needed for a User to Query Tables in Another Schema in Oracle? For a user to run queries (SELECT statements) on tables of someone else's schema, he/she needs the SELECT ANY TABLE privilege. The following tutorial exercise gives you a good example of granting "dev" to query tables i...
2019-06-11, 3112🔥, 0💬

Date and Time Intervals in MySQL
What Are Date and Time Intervals in MySQL? A date and time interval is special value to be used to increment or decrement a date or a time at a given date or time unit. A data and time interval should be expression in the format of "INTERVAL expression unit", where "unit" and "expression" should fol...
2017-12-26, 3109🔥, 0💬

Grant CREATE SESSION Privilege in Oracle
How To Grant CREATE SESSION Privilege to a User in Oracle? If you want give a user the CREATE SESSION privilege, you can use the GRANT command. The following tutorial exercise shows you how to grant DEV the privilege to connect to the server: &gt;.\bin\sqlplus /nolog SQL&gt; connect SYSTEM/f...
2019-07-09, 3108🔥, 0💬

Connect to MySQL Server with User Account in MySQL
How To Connect to MySQL Server with User Accounts in MySQL? If you want to connect a MySQL server with user account name and password, you need to call mysql_connect() with more parameters like this: $con = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password); If your MySQL server is provided by your Intern...
2017-11-25, 3108🔥, 0💬

What Is ODBC (Open Database Communication)?
What Is Open Database Communication (ODBC)? ODBC, Open Database Communication, a standard API (application program interface) developed by Microsoft for Windows applications to communicate with database management servers. If you want to access a database server through an ODBC driver from an applic...
2024-08-14, 3107🔥, 0💬

Managing User Accounts and Access Privileges in MySQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Managing User Accounts and Access Privileges in MySQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Managing User Accounts and Access Privileges in MySQL. Clear answers are provided with tu...
2017-12-13, 3107🔥, 0💬

What Is Join in MySQL
What Is Join in MySQL? Join is data retrieval operation that combines rows from multiple tables under certain matching conditions to form a single row.   ⇒ What Is Union in MySQL ⇐ What Is View in MySQL ⇑ Database Basics and Terminologies in MySQL ⇑⇑ MySQL Database Tutorials
2017-07-07, 3106🔥, 0💬

Revoking User Privileges in MySQL
How To Revoke User Privileges in MySQL? If your want remove some granted user privileges, you can use the "REVOKE privilegeName ..." command. You can only revoke privileges in the same way as they were granted. For example, you can not revoke a privilege on a specific database, if that privilege was...
2017-08-21, 3104🔥, 0💬

DEFAULT - Using Column Default Values in INSERT Statements in SQL Server
How To Use Column Default Values in INSERT Statements in SQL Server? If a column is defined with a default value in a table, you can use the key word DEFAULT in the INSERT statement to take the default value for that column. The following tutorial exercise gives a good example: INSERT INTO fyi_links...
2016-11-03, 3102🔥, 0💬

Use of Regular Expression in Oracle
How To Use Regular Expression in Pattern Match Conditions in Oracle? If you have a pattern that is too complex for LIKE to handle, you can use the regular expression pattern patch function: REGEXP_LIKE(). The following script provides you some good examples: SELECT CASE WHEN REGEXP_LIKE ('FYICenter....
2020-03-15, 3101🔥, 0💬

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