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Select count(*) from <tablename>

In return i get a java.util.Vector containing the count.

Query query = em.createNativeQuery("select
count(*) from soc");
List v = (List) query.getSingleResult();

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Posted by Are you mortal? Then prepare to die. on November 3 2004 [Delete]
11:31am [Edit]

Be careful that this 'feature' of MySQL dosn't bit you in the ass.

For example, imagine I have a table with two 'unsigned' integer columns (still with me?). Lets
call those columns 'one' and 'two'. Now imagine the following query...

# Query to select the 10 biggest differences between two colums

SELECT one - two AS diff
ORDER BY one - two
LIMIT 10;

If the result of 'one - two' is negative (imagine that the value of two is bigger than one), then you
end up with values of 18446744073709551615.

This isn't a bug mind you, as this fact is documented this is the expected behaviour!

So, still looking for the 10 biggest differences you might try...

# Query 2 to select the 10 biggest differences between two colums

SELECT one - two AS diff
WHERE one - two < 10000 -- Hopefuly bigger than our biggest differences
ORDER BY one - two
LIMIT 10;
You find it dosn't work, (you still get the 18446744073709551615s) because the internals of
subtracting unsigned columns are so messed up.

You need to do the following...

# Query 3 to select the 10 biggest differences between two colums

SELECT CAST(one - two AS SIGNED) AS diff
ORDER BY diff
LIMIT 10;

I hope this example helps

Posted by anne blankert on May 29 2006 10:14pm [Delete] [Edit]

To convert to numeric, the convert() and cast() functions are less forgiving then the implicit
conversion when it comes to the data to be converted. If you want to convert "1a" or "1 apple",
"2 apples", " 3 things" to 1, 1, 2 and 3 respectivly, the cast and convert function will produce an
error. Instead use select 0+'1a', 0+'1 apple', 0+'2 apples', 0+' 3 things'.
Posted by Ronald Rudy on December 5 2006 5:07pm [Delete] [Edit]

Here's a workaround for not being able to cast/convert a value during table creation with just a
create:

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp

SELECT 1000000.001-1000000.001 as n;

This will yield a table with the following structure:

+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| n | double(20,3) | | | 0.000 | |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
Posted by Mohamed Infiyaz Zaffer Khalid on January 4 2008 10:07am [Delete] [Edit]

The cast() function is amazingly useful when working with dates - not to mention date+time.

First, take a look at the following basic example:

select cast('2007-12-25' as DATETIME)

This naturally returns the output:

2007-12-25 00:00:00

But there are REALLY useful practical situations where we'd HAVE to use this function. Here's
a case:

I want to pick all records from a table "Sales", where the "TransactionDate" field is between 25-
Dec-2007 and 25-Jan-2008. Bear in mind that the field is of type DateTime.
Here's the BASIC query that I'd put in a string if I were to do it in PHP:

"SELECT * FROM Sales WHERE TransactionDate BETWEEN '$D1' and $D2"

In the above case, I'm assuming that $D1 and $D2 are posted variables in PHP. Unfortunately
The above line won't work. And THIS is where we can use the CAST() function.

So here's the CORRECT STATEMENT:

"SELECT * FROM Sales WHERE TransactionDate BETWEEN CAST('$D1' as DATETIME)

and CAST($D2 as DATETIME)"

This does the job without a flaw!

Happy programming,
Khalid

Posted by Ice Fire on August 26 2008 4:02pm [Delete] [Edit]

Alphanumeric strings automatically evaluate to 0 when used in a SELECT query to match

against a column of type INT.

For example:

Table T1
n: INT
n_squared: INT,

n n_squared
00
11
24
39
4 16
...

Q1: SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE n_squared='ABC';

Q2: SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE n_squared='ABC123';

Both queries produce identical results:

n n_squared
00
Posted by The Lynxy on March 9 2009 8:56am [Delete] [Edit]

MySQL 5.1 returns a 64-bit integer when using CAST(). For those looking to cast a 32-bit
signed integer to a 32-bit unsigned integer: you can use the function this way.
Converting -1062731519 to an unsigned integer (this number is the decimal value of
192.168.1.1):

SELECT CAST(('-1062731519' & 0xFFFFFFFF) AS UNSIGNED INTEGER);

Result is 3232235903, which is correct.

Posted by D'n Russler on June 3 2009 11:09am [Delete] [Edit]

To save others time in searching for something that wasn't immediately obvious to me...

A list of character sets is in 9.1.12. Character Sets and Collations That MySQL Supports,
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-charsets.html

Posted by Jon Lewis on February 24 2010 5:42pm [Delete] [Edit]

Here's another workaround for the lack of data types: create your own conversion function. I am
working with a DB (unfortunately) converted from and used by MS Access. All the primary keys
are therefor of type INT(10) SIGNED. When UNIONing a constant integer (SELECT 0 AS Key)
with a queried value the result is of the wrong type. So, since "CAST(0 AS INT(10))" is not an
option I created my own:

CREATE FUNCTION `IntToInt10`(TheInt INT)

RETURNS INT(10) SIGNED -- here is the trick
DETERMINISTIC
BEGIN
RETURN TheInt;
END

Now, whenever I need to force a result to be of type int(10) I just run it through this function. I'm
sure it would work for other types too (although a bit more involved if converting between two
different classes of data such as numeric to alpha). Hope that helps.
Posted by guillaume - on June 23 2010 3:14pm [Delete] [Edit]

If you need to convert an id to a part of a string, the easiest way is to:

WHERE dst LIKE CONCAT("%", CAST(fs.nid as BINARY),"%")

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