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MySQL Database Tutorials
Where to find MySQL database server tutorials? Here is a collection of tutorials, tips and FAQs for MySQL DBA and MySQL database application developers. Clear explanations and sample scripts provided can be used as learning tutorials or interview preparation guides. It doesn't matter whether you are... 2016-10-16, 68401🔥, 0💬

JSON_STORAGE_SIZE() - Storage Size of JSON Value
How to calculate the storage size of a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) value using the JSON_STORAGE_SIZE() function? JSON_STORAGE_SIZE(json) is a MySQL built-in function that calculates the storage size of a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) value or table column. For example: SELECT JSON_STORAGE_... 2025-03-12, 38136🔥, 0💬

Breaking Query Output into Pages in MySQL
How To Break Query Output into Pages in MySQL? If you have a query that returns hundreds of rows, and you don't want to present all of them to your users on a single page. You can break output into multiple pages, and only present 10 rows per page like what Google Website is doing. To do this, you n... 2022-10-01, 16782🔥, 1💬

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Connect to MySQL Server with Port Number in MySQL
How To Connect to a MySQL Server with a Port Number in MySQL? If you want to connect a MySQL server with a non-default port number, you need to use the "mysql_connect($server)" function with $server in the format of "hostName:portNubmber". The tutorial exercise below shows you how to connect to loca... 2017-11-25, 13387🔥, 0💬

Changing Your Own Password in MySQL
How To Change the Password for Your Own User Account in MySQL? If you want to change the password of your own user account, you should use your user account connect to the server "mysql" first. You should then use the "SET PASSWORD ..." command to change the password of the current user account. The... 2021-02-10, 10328🔥, 1💬

Error: Subquery Returns More than 1 Row in MySQL
What Happens If the UPDATE Subquery Returns Multiple Rows in MySQL? If a subquery is used in a UPDATE statement, it must return exactly one row for each row in the update table that matches the WHERE clause. If it returns multiple rows, MySQL server will give you an error message. To test this out, ... 2018-01-08, 9435🔥, 0💬

Fixing INSERT Command Denied Error in MySQL
How To Fix the INSERT Command Denied Error in MySQL? The reason for getting the "1142: INSERT command denied" error is that your user account does not have the INSERT privilege on the table or database. To resolve this error, you need to ask your MySQL DBA to grant you the right privilege. Your DBA ... 2017-10-08, 9216🔥, 0💬

Looping through Query Output Rows in MySQL
How To Query Tables and Loop through the Returning Rows in MySQL? The best way to query tables and loop through the returning rows is to run the SELECT statement with the mysql_query() function, catch the returning object as a result set, and loop through the result with the mysql_fetch_assoc() func... 2017-06-28, 9079🔥, 0💬

Starting MySQL Server in MySQL
How To Start MySQL Server in MySQL? If you want to start the MySQL server, you can run the "mysqld" program in a command window as shown in the following tutorial: >cd \mysql\bin >mysqld "mysqld" will run quietly without printing any message in you command window. So you will see nothi... 2018-06-12, 8534🔥, 0💬

FOUND_ROWS() - Row Count from Last SELECT Statement
How to obtain the number of rows found by the last SELECT statement using the FOUND_ROWS() function? FOUND_ROWS() is a MySQL built-in function that returns the number of rows found by the last SELECT statement. For example: SELECT help_topic_id, name FROM mysql.help_topic; -- +---------------+------... 2025-04-11, 8449🔥, 0💬

JSON_OVERLAPS() - Checking JSON Overlaps
How to check if two JSON values have overlaps using the JSON_OVERLAPS() function? JSON_OVERLAPS(json1, json2) is a MySQL built-in function that detects overlaps of two JSON values using the following rules: If both arguments are objects, overlap means they have at least one key-value pair in common.... 2024-12-18, 7828🔥, 0💬

Error: Deadlock Found When Trying to Get Lock in MySQL
What Happens to Your Transactions When ERROR 1213 Occurred in MySQL? If your transaction receives the "Deadlock found when trying to get lock" - ERROR 1213, MySQL server automatically terminates your transaction and rolls back your data changes of the entire transaction. This is why the error messag... 2017-07-21, 7762🔥, 0💬

Converting Numeric Values to Character Strings in MySQL
How To Convert Numeric Values to Character Strings in MySQL? You can convert numeric values to character strings by using the CAST(value AS CHAR) function as shown in the following examples: SELECT CAST(4123.45700 AS CHAR) FROM DUAL; 4123.45700 -- How to get rid of the last 2 '0's? SELECT CAST(4.123... 2018-03-28, 7679🔥, 0💬

PHP Connections and Query Execution for MySQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on PHP Connections and Query Execution for MySQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on PHP Connections and Query Execution in MySQL. Clear explanations and tutorial exercises are provi... 2017-11-25, 6598🔥, 0💬

ICU_VERSION() - ICU (International Components for Unicode) Version
How to obtain the version number of the ICU (International Components for Unicode) library using the ICU_VERSION() function? ICU_VERSION() is a MySQL built-in function that returns the version number of the ICU (International Components for Unicode) library. For example: SELECT ICU_VERSION(); -- +--... 2025-04-11, 6478🔥, 0💬

Installing PHP on Windows in MySQL
How To Install PHP on Windows in MySQL? The best way to download and install PHP on Windows systems is to: Go to http://www.php.net, which is the official Web site for PHP. Download PHP binary version for Windows in ZIP format. Unzip the downloaded file into a directory. You are done. No need to run... 2017-07-30, 6421🔥, 0💬

Getting Help Information from the Server in MySQL
How To Get Help Information from the Server in MySQL? While you are at the "mysql>" prompt, you can get help information from the server by using the "HELP" command. The tutorial exercise below shows sevearal examples: >cd \mysql\bin >mysql -u root mysql> HELP; ... List o... 2018-02-08, 6151🔥, 0💬

Escape Special Characters in MySQL
How To Escape Special Characters in SQL statements in MySQL? There are a number of special characters that needs to be escaped (protected), if you want to include them in a character string. Here are some basic character escaping rules: The escape character (\) needs to be escaped as (\\). The singl... 2018-04-12, 6041🔥, 0💬

Verifying PHP Installation in MySQL
How To Verify Your PHP Installation in MySQL? PHP provides two execution interfaces: Command Line Interface (CLI) and Common Gateway Interface (CGI). If PHP is installed in the \php directory on your system, you can try this to check your installation: Run "\php\php -v" command to check the Command ... 2017-07-30, 6004🔥, 0💬

Error: Lock Wait Timeout Exceeded in MySQL
What Happens to Your Transactions When ERROR 1205 Occurred in MySQL? If your transaction receives the "Lock wait timeout exceeded" - ERROR 1205, MySQL server automatically terminates your transaction and rolls back your data changes of the entire transaction. This is why the error messages tells you... 2017-04-28, 5894🔥, 0💬

COERCIBILITY() - Character Collation Coercibility
How to detect the collation coercibility associated to a given character string using the COERCIBILITY() function? COERCIBILITY(str) is a MySQL built-in function that returns the collation coercibility associated to a given character string. A collation coercibility refers to the coercibility index,... 2025-10-14, 5885🔥, 0💬

Transaction Management: Commit or Rollback in MySQL
Where to find answers to frequently asked questions on Transaction Management: Commit or Rollback in MySQL? Here is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers compiled by FYIcenter.com DBA team on Transaction Management: Commit or Rollback in MySQL. Clear answers are provided with tutori... 2017-08-08, 5640🔥, 0💬

Difference between BINARY and VARBINARY in MySQL
What Are the Differences between BINARY and VARBINARY in MySQL? Both BINARY and VARBINARY are both binary byte data types. But they have the following major differences: BINARY stores values in fixed lengths. Values are padded with 0x00. VARBINARY stores values in variable lengths. Values are not pa... 2018-01-19, 5533🔥, 0💬

Date and Time Functions in MySQL
What Are Date and Time Functions in MySQL? MySQL offers a number of functions for date and time values: ADDDATE(date, INTERVAL expr unit) - Adding days to a date. Same as DATE_ADD(). ADDTIME(time1, time2) - Adding two time values together. CURDATE() - Returning the current date. Same as CURRENT_DATE... 2018-03-13, 5515🔥, 0💬

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General MySQL Oracle SQL Server