Fix Error “1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax…” When Trying to Convert to an Integer in MySQL

If you’re getting error number 1064 that reads something like “1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘INTEGER )’ at line 1“, it could be that you’re using the wrong term for the integer.

MySQL doesn’t let us use just the INTEGER keyword when converting to an integer. We need to use either SIGNED or UNSIGNED, optionally followed by INTEGER or INT. When we do this, it produces a signed or unsigned BIGINT value.

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Fix Msg 3728 in SQL Server “… is not a constraint”

If you’re getting an error that reads something like “Msg 3728, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
‘DF__Dogs__DogId__6FE99F9F’ is not a constraint
“, it’s probably because you’re trying to drop a constraint that isn’t in the database.

To fix this issue, check to make sure the constraint exists before dropping it. Alternatively, use the IF EXISTS clause to drop the constraint only if it exists.

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Fix “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when Setting a Hash in Redis

If you get an error that reads “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when setting a hash with a command like HSET or HSETNX, it’s probably because you’re trying to set a non-hash key that already exists. In other words, the key already exists, but it doesn’t contain a hash.

To fix this issue, be sure to use these commands on keys that either don’t already exist, or contain a hash.

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Fix ERROR 1045: “Access denied for user…” in MySQL

If you’re getting error 1045 that reads something like “Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’“, it’s because you’re trying to log in to MySQL without the right credentials.

This usually happens when we provide the wrong password. But there could also be another cause. For example, we could be trying to do something as the root user that requires a password, but the root user hasn’t yet had its password set.

To fix this issue, be sure to provide the correct password when connecting to MySQL.

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Fix “ERR wrong number of arguments for ‘srandmember’ command” in Redis

If you’re getting an error that reads “ERR wrong number of arguments for ‘srandmember’ command” in Redis, it’s probably because you’re calling the SRANDMEMBER command without any arguments.

To fix this issue, make sure you pass the correct number of arguments. At the time of writing, the SRANDMEMBER command requires at least one argument, and accepts an optional second argument.

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Fix “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using ZINTER in Redis

If you get an error that reads “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using the ZINTER command in Redis, it’s probably because you’re passing a key with the wrong data type.

To fix this issue, be sure that each key you pass to the ZINTER command is either a set or a sorted set.

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Fix: “ERR wrong number of arguments for ‘smismember’ command” in Redis

If you’re getting an error that reads “ERR wrong number of arguments for ‘smismember’ command” in Redis, it’s because you’re calling the SMISMEMBER command with the wrong number of arguments.

To fix this issue, make sure you’re passing the correct number of arguments. This command accepts two or more arguments, which represents a key and one or more members to check against that key.

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Fix “NEXT VALUE FOR function does not support the PARTITION BY clause.” (Error Msg 11716) in SQL Server

If you’re getting an error that reads “NEXT VALUE FOR function does not support the PARTITION BY clause” in SQL Server, it’s probably because you’re trying to use the PARTITION BY sub clause in an OVER clause when using NEXT VALUE FOR to increment a sequence object.

In other words, the NEXT VALUE FOR function does not support the PARTITION BY sub clause of the OVER clause.

To fix this issue, either remove the PARTITION BY clause or change the statement to use another method for partitioning the results.

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