Here are examples of returning rows that contain non-alphanumeric characters in SQL Server.
Non-alphanumeric characters include punctuation characters like !@#&()–[{}]:;',?/* and symbols like `~$^+=<>“, as well as whitespace characters like the space or tab characters.
SQLite doesn’t have a DATEADD() function like SQL Server (or an ADDDATE() or ADD_DATE() function like in some other DBMSs), but it does have the DATE() function that can make additions to a date value.
SQLite also has a DATETIME() function that can make additions to a datetime value (as well as a TIME() function for time values).
Below are four ways to list out the tables in a MySQL database using SQL or the command line.
Continue readingHere are three options for returning rows that contain uppercase characters in SQLite.
Continue readingIf you’re getting error “1054 (42S22): Unknown column ‘…’ in ‘order clause'” when using the UNION clause in MySQL, it could be because you’re trying to reference an aliased column by its column name.
We can subtract one or more days from a date in PostgreSQL with the - operator.
One of the more common error message in MySQL goes like this: “ERROR 1136 (21S01): Column count doesn’t match value count at row 1“.
This error typically occurs when you’re trying to insert data into a table, but the number of columns that you’re trying to insert don’t match the number of columns in the table.
In other words, you’re either trying to insert too many columns, or not enough columns.
Continue readingHere are eleven options for returning duplicate rows in SQLite when those rows have a primary key or some other unique identifier column (but you want to ignore the primary key).
This means that the duplicate rows share exactly the same values across all columns with the exception of their primary key/unique ID column.
Continue readingIf you’re getting the error “ORA-01789: query block has incorrect number of result columns” in Oracle Database, then it’s probably because you’re trying to use an operator such as UNION, INTERSECT, or EXCEPT to run a compound query, but the SELECT statements on either side of the operator return a different number of columns.
To fix this, simply ensure that both queries return the same number of columns.
Continue readingThe following example returns all rows that contain at least one numerical digit in Oracle Database.
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