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:

Sql query to insert datetime in SQL Server

You will want to use the YYYYMMDD for unambiguous date determination in SQL Server. If you are married to the dd-mm-yy hh:mm:ss xm format, you will need to use CONVERT with the specific style. 5 here is the style for Italian dates. Well, not just Italians, but that’s the culture it’s attributed to in Books Online.

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.