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Turn on Query Logs in MySQL
How To Turn on Query Logs in MySQL? If you want MySQL to write query logs to a file, you can use the "--log=fileName" option at the "mysqld" command line. The tutorial exercise below shows you a good example on how to use this option and view the query log file: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mkdir \... 2017-12-04, 2392🔥, 0💬

Entering Microseconds in SQL Statements in MySQL
How To Enter Microseconds in SQL Statements in MySQL? If you want to enter microseconds in a SQL statements, you can enter them right after the time string as a 6-digit number delimited with '.'. '0' will be padded to right if not enough digits. Here are some good examples: SELECT TIME('1997/01/31 0... 2017-12-26, 2390🔥, 0💬

Merge Outputs from Two Queries in MySQL
How To Use UNION to Merge Outputs from Two Queries Together in MySQL? If you have two queries that returns the same row fields, you can merge their outputs together with the UNION operator. The following tutorial exercise shows you how to return all links that were created since year 2006 plus the o... 2017-12-21, 2389🔥, 0💬

Using Subqueries with the EXISTS Operator in MySQL
How To Use Subqueries with the EXISTS Operator in MySQL? A subquery can be used with the EXISTS operator as "EXISTS (subquery)", which returns true if the subquery returns one or more rows. The following statement is a good example of "EXISTS (subquery)". It returns rows from fyi_links table that th... 2017-09-17, 2388🔥, 0💬

Converting Dates to Character Strings in MySQL
How To Convert Dates to Character Strings in MySQL? You can convert dates to character strings using the DATE_FORMAT(date, format) function. MySQL supports the following basic formatting codes: %a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) %b Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) %c Month, numeric (0..12) %D D... 2017-12-26, 2386🔥, 0💬

Rename an Existing User Account in MySQL
How To Rename an Existing User Account Name in MySQL? If you want to change the name of an existing user account, you can use the "RENAME USER oldName TO newName" command. The tutorial exercise below shows you how to do this: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mysql -u root -pretneciyf mysql mysql&gt... 2017-12-13, 2386🔥, 0💬

Listing All User Accounts in MySQL
How To List All Existing User Accounts in MySQL? MySQL stores all existing user accounts in a table called "mysql.user". If you want see all user accounts, you can use the "SELECT" command as shown in the tutorial exercise below: &gt;cd \mysql\bin &gt;mysql -u root -pretneciyf mysql mysql&am... 2017-12-13, 2385🔥, 0💬

Start a New Transaction Explicitly in MySQL
How To Start a New Transaction Explicitly in MySQL? If you are confused on the implicit new transaction rules, you can always start a new transaction with the "START TRANSACTION" command to start a new transaction explicitly. "START TRANSACTION" command works in both "Autocommit On" and "Autocommit ... 2016-10-17, 2383🔥, 0💬

Selecting All Columns of All Rows in MySQL
How To Select All Columns of All Rows from a Table in MySQL? The simplest query statement is the one that selects all columns of all rows from a single table: "SELECT * FROM tableName;". The (*) in the SELECT clause tells the query to return all columns. The missing WHERE clause tells the query to r... 2017-11-05, 2380🔥, 0💬

Types of Table Joins in MySQL
How To Join Two Tables in a Single Query in MySQL? Two tables can be joined together in a query in 4 ways: Inner Join: Returns only rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition. Left Outer Join: Returns rows from both tables that satisfy the join condition, and the rest of rows from the fir... 2017-12-31, 2379🔥, 0💬

Insert Multiple Rows with 1 INSERT Statement in MySQL
How To Insert Multiple Rows with One INSERT Statement in MySQL? If you want to insert multiple rows with a single INSERT statement, you can use a subquery instead of the VALUES clause. Rows returned from the subquery will be inserted the target table. The following tutorial exercise gives a good exa... 2018-01-16, 2378🔥, 0💬

What Is Transaction in MySQL
What Is Transaction in MySQL? A transaction is a logical unit of work requested by a user to be applied to the database objects. MySQL server introduces the transaction concept to allow users to group one or more SQL statements into a single transaction, so that the effects of all the SQL statements... 2016-10-16, 2377🔥, 0💬

Entering Numeric Values as HEX Numbers in MySQL
How To Enter Numeric Values as HEX Numbers in MySQL? If you want to enter numeric values as HEX numbers, you can quote HEX numbers with single quotes and a prefix of (X), or just prefix HEX numbers with (0x). A HEX number string will be automatically converted into a numeric value, if the expression... 2018-03-31, 2376🔥, 0💬

CURRENT_USER() - Authentication Name of Current User
How to obtain the authentication name of the current user using the CURRENT_USER() function? CURRENT_USER() is a MySQL built-in function that returns the authentication name of the current user. The authentication name is a combination of "User" and "Host" columns in the mysql.user table and used to... 2025-06-18, 2374🔥, 0💬

Entering Numeric Values in MySQL
How To Include Numeric Values in SQL statements in MySQL? If you want to include a numeric value in your SQL statement, you can enter it directly as shown in the following examples: SELECT 255 FROM DUAL; -- An integer 255 SELECT -6.34 FROM DUAL; -- A regular number -6.34 SELECT -32032.6809e+10 FROM ... 2018-03-31, 2371🔥, 0💬

Drop an Existing Table in MySQL
How To Drop an Existing Table in MySQL? If you want to delete an existing table and its data rows, you can use the "DROP TABLE" statement as shown in the tutorial script below: mysql&gt; SELECT * FROM tipBackup; +----+-------------+---------- ---------------+-------------+| id | subject | descri... 2018-02-14, 2371🔥, 0💬

Giving User Read-only Access in MySQL
How To Give a User Read-Only Access to a Database in MySQL? If you want give a user read-only access to a database, you can grant to him/her only the "SELECT" privilege, so that he/she can not run any DDL statements, and any INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements. The tutorial exercise gives you a goo... 2017-08-21, 2370🔥, 0💬

Query with a Left Outer Join in MySQL
How To Write a Query with a Left Outer Join in MySQL? If you want to query from two tables with a left outer join, you can use the LEFT OUTER JOIN ... ON clause in the FROM clause. The following query returns output with a left outer join from two tables: fyi_links and fyi_rates. The join condition ... 2017-09-28, 2368🔥, 0💬

What Is a User Account in MySQL
What Is a User Account in MySQL? A user account is identified by a user name and defines the user's attributes, including the following: Password for connection authentication. User privileges, for examples: Shutdown_priv, Create_priv, Drop_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, etc.. Various ... 2017-12-13, 2366🔥, 0💬

Including Comments in SQL Statements in MySQL
How To Include Comments in SQL Statements in MySQL? If you want to include comments in a SQL statement, you can first enter "--", then enter your comment until the end of the line. The tutorial exercise below shows you some good examples: SELECT 'Hello world!' FROM DUAL; -- My first SQL statement! I... 2018-04-12, 2362🔥, 0💬

Converting Character Strings to Dates in MySQL
How To Convert Character Strings to Dates in MySQL? If you have a character string that represents a date, and you want to convert it into a date value, you can use the STR_TO_DATE(string, format) function. STR_TO_DATE() shares the same formatting codes with DATE_FORMAT() function. The tutorial exer... 2017-12-26, 2357🔥, 0💬

Sorting Output in Descending Order in MySQL
How To Sort Output in Descending Order in MySQL? If you want to sort a column in descending order, you can specify the DESC keyword in the ORDER BY clause. The following SELECT statement first sorts the "tag" in descending order, then sorts the "counts" in ascending order: mysql&gt; SELECT tag, ... 2017-11-02, 2351🔥, 0💬

What Are Group Functions in MySQL
What Are Group Functions in MySQL? Group functions are functions applied to a group of rows. Examples of group functions are: COUNT(*) - Returns the number of rows in the group. MIN(exp) - Returns the minimum value of the expression evaluated on each row of the group. MAX(exp) - Returns the maximum ... 2018-01-06, 2349🔥, 0💬

Creating a New Database in MySQL
How To Create a New Database in MySQL? A database in a MySQL server is a logical container used to group tables and other data objects together as a unit. If you are the administrator of the server, you can create a new databases using the CREATE DATABASE statements with MySQL client interface progr... 2017-11-11, 2348🔥, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server