Database Management Systems
In MariaDB, the EXCEPT operator returns rows from the left input query that aren’t output by the right input query.
Another way of putting it is that it returns all rows from the left SELECT result set except rows that are in right SELECT result set.
Here are five options for using SQL to return only those rows that have the maximum value within their group.
These examples work in most major RDBMSs, including MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and SQL Server.
Continue readingThe very useful CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS syntax was finally introduced in Oracle Database – Oracle Database 23c to be precise. This syntax allows us to run a CREATE TABLE statement without getting an error if the table already exists.
Earlier versions of Oracle don’t support the IF NOT EXISTS clause, and so if we want to avoid any nasty errors resulting from trying to create a table that already exists, we need to do a bit of extra work.
If you need to return all rows that don’t contain any numbers, the following might help.
Strictly speaking, numbers can be represented by words and other symbols, but for this article “number” simply means “numerical digit”. So we’re finding values that don’t contain any numerical digits.
Continue readingWhen using the TO_CHAR() function in Oracle Database, you can use the RN format element to return the number as roman numerals. Using lowercase (rn) returns the roman numerals in lowercase.
Here are three examples that use SQL to find and select the row with the maximum value in a given column.
The examples work in most major RDBMSs, including MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, and SQL Server.
Continue readingIf you have a table with duplicate rows in PostgreSQL, you can use any of the following queries to return the duplicate rows.
Continue readingBelow are two methods for returning rows that only contain alphanumeric characters in Oracle Database.
Alphanumeric characters are alphabetic characters and numeric characters.
Continue readingBelow are four ways to list out the views in a MariaDB database using SQL or the command line.
Continue readingDropping a table in SQL easy. You simply use DROP TABLE myTable where myTable is the name of the table you want to drop. You can use this method to drop a table in SQL Server via T-SQL script.
But you’ll get an error if the table doesn’t actually exist. That is, unless you check for the existence of the table first.
Below are four ways of using T-SQL to check whether the table exists before dropping it.
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