Redis ZRANGEBYSCORE Replacement

Posted on by Ian

Starting with Redis 6.2.0, the ZRANGE command added the REV, BYSCORE, BYLEX and LIMIT options. The addition of the first three options means that the ZRANGE command can now do what the ZREVRANGE, ZRANGEBYSCORE, ZREVRANGEBYSCORE, ZRANGEBYLEX and ZREVRANGEBYLEX commands can do.

As a result, those commands are now deprecated (as of Redis 6.2.0).

Therefore, we should no longer use the ZRANGEBYSCORE command when we need to return a sorted set by score. Instead, we should use the ZRANGE command with the BYSCORE argument.

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Fix ERROR 1050 (42S01) “Table … already exists” in MySQL

Posted on by Ian

If you’re getting an error that reads something like “ERROR 1050 (42S01): Table ‘customers’ already exists” when trying to create a table in MySQL, it’s probably because there’s already a table in the database with the same name.

To fix this issue, either change the name of the table you’re trying to create, or check the existing table to see if it’s the one you actually need.

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