If you have a column in a database table that contains character data, but some rows also contain numbers, you can use the following SQL queries to return just those rows that don’t contain numbers within the value.
SQL CASE Statement
In SQL, the CASE statement evaluates a list of conditions and returns one of multiple possible result expressions.
In some ways, the SQL CASE statement is kind of similar to the IF...ELSE statement in that it allows us to check for a given condition and return a different result depending on the outcome.
6 Ways to Delete Duplicate Rows that have a Primary Key in Oracle
Here are some options for deleting duplicate rows from a table in Oracle Database when those rows have a primary key or unique identifier column.
In such cases, the primary key must be ignored when comparing duplicate rows (due to the fact that primary keys hold unique values).
Detect Whether a Value Contains at Least One Numerical Digit in SQL
Sometimes you might need to search a database table for only those rows that contain at least one number in a given column.
Technically, numbers can be represented by words and other symbols, but here “number” means “numerical digit”.
Below are examples of how to find rows that contain at least one number in various SQL based DBMSs.
MariaDB NULLIF() Explained
In MariaDB, the NULLIF() function returns NULL if both of its arguments are equivalent. Otherwise it returns the first argument.
How to Convert a Unix Timestamp to a Date/Time Value in PostgreSQL
In PostgreSQL, we can use the to_timestamp() function to convert a Unix timestamp value to a date/time value.
The Unix timestamp (also known as Unix Epoch time, Unix time, or POSIX time) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).