Get the First Monday of a Year in SQLite

We can use SQLite’s DATE() function to return the date of the first instance of a given day of a given year. Therefore, we can use it to return the first Monday of a given year. We can also use it to return the first Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, etc.

We can use DATETIME() if we want a datetime value to be returned.

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PostgreSQL SHOW TABLES Equivalent (psql)

MySQL and MariaDB have a SHOW TABLES statement, which outputs a list of tables and views in a database. PostgreSQL doesn’t have a SHOW TABLES statement, but it does have a command that produces a similar result.

In Postgres, you can use the \dt command to show a list of tables. This is a psql command (psql is the interactive terminal for PostgreSQL).

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4 Tabular Output Modes in SQLite

The SQLite command line interface provides us with several options for outputting our results in tabular format.

These can be set using the .mode command. You simply type .mode followed by the desired output format.

Below are examples of the various tabular modes available in SQLite.

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