Cast from VARCHAR to INT – MySQL

As described in Cast Functions and Operators: The type for the result can be one of the following values: BINARY[(N)] CHAR[(N)] DATE DATETIME DECIMAL[(M[,D])] SIGNED [INTEGER] TIME UNSIGNED [INTEGER] Therefore, you should use:

Best way to store an array in MySQL database?

Definitely not a text field, but a varchar — perhaps. I wouldn’t recommend parsing the results and storing them in individual columns unless you want to take advantage of that data in database sense — statistics etc. If you never see yourself asking “What is the average volume that users use?” then don’t bother parsing it. To figure out … Read more

MySQL foreach loop

From what I can gather, the following should suffice, so long as the fields are what you have provided. EDIT (with Cursor) This should be pretty simple with a cursor, however I highly advise you familiarize yourself with these and the implications.

How can I do ‘insert if not exists’ in MySQL?

Use INSERT IGNORE INTO table. There’s also INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE syntax, and you can find explanations in 13.2.6.2 INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE Statement. Post from bogdan.org.ua according to Google’s webcache: 18th October 2007 To start: as of the latest MySQL, syntax presented in the title is not possible. But there … Read more