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Quick References #

SQL Statements #

Select with regexp in where clause #

select * from expenses where date regexp '2013-0[4-5]' limit 2;

Select with like in where clause #

select * from expenses where date like '2013-0%' limit 2;

Select unix timestamp #

select unix_timestamp(createtime) from expenses limit 1;

Offset limit #

select * from student limit 4 offset 9

Use replace function #

UPDATE tb1 SET f1=REPLACE(f1, 'abc', 'def');

Use if function #

select Db, IF(IFNULL(User, “”)=”“, DB, User) from db;

Mysql Packages #

Install mysql server #

apt-get install mysql-server

Install mysql client #

apt-get install mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev, yum install mysql-devel

Install python mysql library #

easy_install mysql-python

DB Management #

mysql connect #

mysql -u$username -p$password -P$port -h$dbhost $dbname

database encoding #

set names utf8;

List databases #

show databases;

List tables for current db #

show tables;

Check table definition #

describe $tablename;

Run sql in non-interactive way #

=mysql -uUSER -pPASSWORD databasename -e “select * from t limit 10”=

Import db #

mysql -uUSER -pPASSWORD dbname < backup.sql

export db #

mysqldump -uUSER -pPASSWORD DATABASE > backup.sql

export db without schema #

mysqldump -uUSER -pPASSWORD DATABASE --no-data=true --add-drop-table=false > backup.sql

Grant access #

=GRANT SUPER ON `DBNAME`.`user` TO ‘DBUSER’@’%’=

Add column #

ALTER TABLE expenses ADD COLUMN createtime timestamp not null default now();

Delete Column #

ALTER TABLE expenses DROP COLUMN createtime;

Delete index #

DROP INDEX indexname ON table_name;

Create index #

create index idindex on table_name(col_name) using btree;

Reset password #

UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘MyNewPass’) WHERE User=’root’; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql8 create user with password #

CREATE USER 'myuser'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'MYPASSWORD';

mysql8 grant privileges to user #

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydbname.* TO 'myuser'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

PSQL/Postgres #

Install postgres in Ubuntu #

apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client postgresql-contrib

Install postgres in Mac OS #

brew install postgres

Check postgres status #

service postgresql status

Check version #

psql --version

Connect postgresql #

psql -U postgres

Create user #

CREATE USER tom WITH PASSWORD '';

Grant access #

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE launchpad_empty to tom;

Postgres configuration #

/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf, /etc/postgresql/*/main/postgresql.conf

Promote to super admin #

ALTER USER myuser WITH SUPERUSER;

List datbases #

\l

List all tables in a database #

\d

Change database #

\connect launchpad_dev;

Show tables #

\ds

Copy databse #

createdb -O root -T launchpad_dev launchpad_ustack_cn

Drop database #

drop database launchpad_ustack_cn;

Connect db #

psql -h myhost -d mydb -U myuser -W

Create user #

CREATE USER tom WITH PASSWORD 'myPassword';

Create db #

CREATE DATABASE anand;