In Redis, the HSETNX command enables us to set a field in a hash, but only if the field doesn’t already exist. It sets the field at the specified key to the value we provide.
If the key doesn’t exist, it’s created with the specified hash value. If the field already exists, nothing is set (i.e. the command has no effect).
Continue readingIn Redis, the HSET command enables us to set one or more fields in a hash. It sets the field/s at the specified key to the value/s we provide.
If the key doesn’t exist, it’s created with the specified hash value. If the field already exists, it is overwritten with the new value.
Continue readingIf you’re getting an error that reads “One or more scores can’t be converted into double” when using either the SORT or SORT_RO commands in Redis, it could be because you omitted the ALPHA modifier when trying to sort string values.
If you want to sort string values lexicographically, you need to use the ALPHA modifier when using the SORT or SORT_RO command.
If you’re getting an error that reads “ERR wrong number of arguments for ‘smembers’ command” in Redis, it’s because you’re calling the SMEMBERS command with the wrong number of arguments.
To fix this issue, make sure you’re passing the correct number of arguments. At the time of writing, the correct number of arguments for this command is one.
Continue readingIf you need to rename a key in Redis, you may be wondering how to do it without overwriting any existing keys. If you use the RENAME command, and a key already exists with your new key name, you’ll overwrite the existing key.
Fortunately, Redis also has a RENAMENX command, which only renames the key if there’s no other key with the new name. So we can use this command whenever we need to rename a key without fear of overwriting any existing keys.
I thought I’d compile a list of Redis commands that can be used to set strings. Each command has its own specific use, and so the command used will depend on the situation.
In any case, here are 14 commands that set strings in Redis.
Continue readingI decided to compile a list of commands that can be used to get the string value from a key in Redis. These are all string commands – commands that can be used when working with strings. In other words, the assumption is that the key holds a string value.
Continue readingIf you’re getting an error that reads “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when calling either the SUNION command or the SUNIONSTORE command in Redis, it’s probably because you’re passing a key with the wrong data type.
To fix this issue, make sure that each key that you pass holds a set.
Continue readingWhen working with Redis, we have multiple ways to return the members of a set. Here are 3 ways to return the members of a set in Redis.
Continue readingIf you know the name of a key in Redis, but you want to find out it’s type (eg, string, list, hash, set, etc), look no further than the TYPE command. This command returns the string representation of the type of the value at the given key.