I recently learned of some odd behavior using MySQL BETWEEN operator queries, filtering by a DATETIME column. I wrote about this over on Medium so I am sharing the post for any readers here who are interested…
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During many decision-making phases in programming code
(conditional logic), there are times execution depends on
several different factors. Multiple conditional tests
are powerful and constraining, oftentimes requiring more than one
test to be passed in order for program flow to proceed. For MySQL
(and standard SQL in general) the CASE expression is
used for IF/THEN/ELSE
conditional logic. The post, MySQL Simple CASE Expression – with
examples, covered Simple CASE queries which
are essentially equality tests. MySQL Simple CASE is
but one variant of 2, with the other being a MySQL
Searched CASE Expression. A MySQL Searched
CASE Expression can have multiple
conditional tests in each WHEN …
Programming logic is foundational in any application or piece of
software. Without it, software wouldn’t really do much of
anything. Everything happens off of choice. In the end, some
truthy or falsy value is what makes stuff work.
For IF/THEN/ELSE logic in
standard SQL, there is the CASE expression. There
are 2 variations of the CASE Expression: Simple and
Searched. In this post, I cover the Simple MySQL
CASE expression with example queries…
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Be it running reports or displaying data in some other
visualization, SQL SELECT column expressions should
be meaningful and understandable. To provide those valuable query
results, SQL Developers, use a multitude of available functions,
adjacent columns, or other means not readily apparent to
end-users. All that being said, the column names often suffer the
most as far as readability is concerned, taking on long function
call names or other combined expressions. But, as luck would be
on our side, there is an easy fix and that is aliasing columns
using the AS keyword. Although AS is
optional – in this particular context – I err on the side of
readability and use it when aliasing SELECT column
expressions.
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[Read more]CodeIgniter’s Query Builder ORM has class methods for nearly any kind of database access/operation you can think of. In this post, I’ll cover some of the available methods for retrieving aggregate-level query results. The examples in this post map out Query Builder method chaining to produce results you would get from a raw MySQL query. Continue reading to see more…
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Most developers use some form of auto-incrementing integer
counter for a given database table, ensuring uniqueness
among the rows. Several of the popular SQL dialects implement
this facility. For instance, MySQL’s AUTO_INCREMENT
attribute is used to provide a unique identity for a table row.
What exactly is the behavior of AUTO_INCREMENT? Can
you explicitly use a value of your choosing for it if you need
to? How does it count? Continue reading and know the answers to
these questions and more…
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[Read more]I recently published a blog post about a portfolio project I am developing using the LAMP stack, Bootstrap 4, jQuery, and the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern in core PHP. In this post, I will introduce an additional feature I integrated into the existing project.
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[Read more]I am super pleased to share that I have completed and uploaded my first (that I can share at least) personal portfolio piece written in PHP to a subdomain on my personal hosting server located at walk.openlamp.tech. Over the better part of the last year, I have developed a custom reporting dashboard written in PHP for my (current) employer, but do not share any of that work as it is proprietary and not owned by me. However, for a personal project, I can share far and wide. In this post, I provide a brief overview of my simple (in theory at least) application/site, built on the LAMP stack using the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern in core PHP along with Bootstrap 4, jQuery, and MySQL.
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