I'm trying to use mysql workbench as a query editor for my project. My output in the results viewer looks like this:
Even if I set varbinary/binary characters to show up as non-binary I still get this output. And it is for all fields whether they be text, int, date, etc.
Can anyone help?
You must choose "Query" - "Execute (All or Selection) to text" in the up menu
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I have quite a strange problem, I'm very new to SQL and I was doing a free course in SQL
I'm actually learning the "SELECT" command.
So, I create my database, create some table, put some data in it with the "INSERT INTO" command
And now I want to select some data in it, but I have a strange bug (not an error) when i do
SELECT * FROM aliment;
everything work like it's supposed to do, but when I do
SELECT 'nom','calories' FROM aliment;
Something strange happens.
Instead have a list of all the specific data i'm looking to get i just get a list with all the data replaced by the name of the columns.
Here 2 screen to show you what's happens:
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I know one it's from the terminal(and yes it's not mine but from a video) and mine is from the software, but it's still had to work no?
You have a typo in your SQL. Use backticks (on the same key as ~ on a US keyboard) around your column names, not '. Using a single quote (an apostrophe) makes it a literal value, not a column name.
SELECT `nom`,`calories`FROM aliment;
I'm having trouble building a query in Access 2013. The database isn't mine and the only thing I really have control over is this query. There is a table, I'm pulling 7 fields from it and eventually adding an 8th field to the query to do some string manipulation.
However, I keep getting getting "Syntax error in date in query expression 'fieldname'." error whenever I click on the arrow to sort the fields. The odd thing is these errors pop up when sorting non-date fields. When sorting the date field I get "Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'Release Date'."
This happens after a fresh build. I have no WHERE conditions, just SELECT and FROM. Ideas?
Here's the sql query, though I'm mainly working in the query design view:
SELECT Transmissions.[Job#], Transmissions.[Part#], Transmissions.TransmissionSN, Transmissions.Status, Transmissions.[Release Date], Transmissions.[Build Book Printed], Transmissions.[ID Tags Required]
FROM Transmissions;
Well... it seems you are the lucky inheritor of a poorly designed database.
Using special characters in a field name is just asking for trouble. And you've found what that trouble is.
Access uses the # sign to designate a Date type for query comparisons. Such as:
dtSomeDate = #2/20/2017#
You surround the date with the # signs.
In your case, the query thinks [Job#] and [Part#] are trying to wrap dates. But of course, that's not the case and thus it fails.
You can try a couple of work arounds. (I leave it to you to experiment.)
1) You can try to rename the problem fields within your query. So that:
Transmissions.[Job#] becomes Transmissions.[Job#] as JobNum
and
Transmissions.[Part#] becomes Transmissions.[Part#] as PartNum
2) You can try to copy the [Transmissions] table to a new table that you create
that does not have the naming problems.
3) Export the [Transmissions] table to a CSV file and re-import it to a new
table (or possibly new database) without the naming problems.
Here is a link to a microsoft article that tells you why to avoid special characters in Access:
Big Bad Special Chars.
Hope that puts you on the right track. :)
Typically, this means that the field names are missing or misspelled.
Try running this to see:
SELECT * FROM Transmissions;
I use Workbench to query database at work. We have a field which indicates company size and has the following options :
1-9
10-49
50-99
100-499
500+
When I export the results containing this field in Excel(which I use for analysis), 1-9 becomes 9-Jan, when I change the format of the cell to text, it becomes 42013. Similarly, 10-49 becomes Oct-50 and in text - 18537. Is there a way to avoid this?
I know this may seem trivial but I take a download of the results every couple of hours or so, and currently, I use the Replace function in Excel to fix this which is a time cost. Also, adding manual intervention increases the probability of error which I want to minimize. I would ideally like the result to export as 1-9, as it exists in the database, based on which the analytical model is built to take input.
I would appreciate any help or pointers on how to fix this issue.
Thanks!
You are not saying how you are bringing the data into Excel. The simplest method is to bring the column in as "text". You can do this when you are importing the data into Excel, by setting the column type to "text".
Alternatively, when you create the output file, you can prepend the value with a single quote or some other character:
select concat('''', company_size)
select concat('_', company_size)
Appreciate the help! I used to export the results in CSV which caused the problem I think. I exported them in XML and that solved it, the fields appear as they exist in the database. Thanks a lot. The concatenation would work as well!
I've a sql database, there is an table with column 'value', that column contains html code, in this code I want to find file location "templates/images" & replace it.
For find it that wasn't a real problem:
SELECT * FROM `catalog_product_entity_text` WHERE `value` REGEXP '(templates\/images)'
How to complete the line to replace just this text by something like 'theme/name/img'?
If this is a one-time need, this sounds like something you can do without a regex. Using some database tools, you can do a simple search-and-replace for the actual string "template/images" in your database.
For instance, on Windows, you can do this in HeidiSQL (a free program).
I'm using MySQL Workbench CE 5.2.30 CE / Rev 6790 . When execute the following statement:
SELECT OLD_PASSWORD("test")
I only get back a nice BLOB icon, I need to left-click to select the cell, right-click and choose "Open Value in viewer" and select the "Text" tab.
Using the same with phpMyAdmin, I get directly back the value of the OLD_PASSWORD call. It's just an example, but is there a way to directly see such results in the output?
In short:
Go to Edit > Preferences
Choose SQL Editor
Under SQL Execution, check Treat BINARY/VARBINARY as nonbinary character string
Restart MySQL Workbench (you will not be prompted or informed of this requirement).
In MySQL Workbench 6.0+
Go to Edit > Preferences
Choose SQL Queries
Under Query Results, check Treat BINARY/VARBINARY as nonbinary character string
It's not mandatory to restart MySQL Workbench (you will not be prompted or informed of this requirement).*
With this setting you will be able to concatenate fields without getting blobs.
I think this applies to versions 5.2.22 and later and is the result of this MySQL bug.
Disclaimer: I don't know what the downside of this setting is - maybe when you are selecting BINARY/VARBINARY values you will see it as plain text which may be misleading and/or maybe it will hinder performance if they are large enough?
I'm not sure if this answers the question but if if you right click on the "blob" icon in the field (when viewing the table) there is an option to "Open Value in Editor". One of the tabs lets you view the blob. This is in ver. 5.2.34
Perform three steps:
Go to "WorkBench Preferences" --> Choose "SQL Editor" Under "Query Results": check "Treat BINARY/VARBINARY as nonbinary character string"
Restart MySQL WorkBench.
Now select SELECT SUBSTRING(<BLOB_COLUMN_NAME>,1,2500) FROM <Table_name>;
casting works, but it is a pain, so I would recommend using spioter's method unless you are using a lot of truly blob data.
SELECT CAST(OLD_PASSWORD("test") AS CHAR)
You can also cast as other types, and even restrict the size, but most of the time I just use CHAR:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/cast-functions.html#function_cast
select CONVERT((column_name) USING utf8) FROM table;
In my case, Workbench does not work. so i used the above solution to show blob data as text.
Doesn't seem to be possible I'm afraid, its listed as a bug in workbench:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50692
It would be very useful though!
had the same problem, according to the MySQL documentation, you can select a Substring of a BLOB:
SELECT id, SUBSTRING(comment,1,2000) FROM t
HTH, glissi
I pieced a few of the other posts together, as the workbench 'preferences' fix did not work for me. (WB 6.3)
SELECT CAST(`column` AS CHAR(10000) CHARACTER SET utf8) FROM `table`;
Work bench 6.3
Follow High scoring answer then use UNCOMPRESS()
(In short:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences
2. Choose SQL Editor
3. Under SQL Execution, check Treat BINARY/VARBINARY as nonbinary character string
4. Restart MySQL Workbench (you will not be prompted or informed of this requirement).)
Then
SELECT SUBSTRING(UNCOMPRESS(<COLUMN_NAME>),1,2500) FROM <Table_name>;
or
SELECT CAST(UNCOMPRESS(<COLUMN_NAME>) AS CHAR) FROM <Table_name>;
If you just put UNCOMPRESS(<COLUMN_NAME>) you can right click blob and click "Open Value in Editor".
there is few things that you can do
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(CAST(name AS CHAR))
FROM product
WHERE id IN (12345,12346,12347)
If you want to order by the query you can order by cast as well like below
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(name ORDER BY name))
FROM product
WHERE id IN (12345,12346,12347)
as it says on this blog
http://www.kdecom.com/mysql-group-concat-blob-bug-solved/
NOTE: The previous answers here aren't particularly useful if the BLOB is an arbitrary sequence of bytes; e.g. BINARY(16) to store 128-bit GUID or md5 checksum.
In that case, there currently is no editor preference -- though I have submitted a feature request now -- see that request for more detailed explanation.
[Until/unless that feature request is implemented], the solution is HEX function in a query: SELECT HEX(mybinarycolumn) FROM mytable.
An alternative is to use phpMyAdmin instead of MySQL Workbench - there hex is shown by default.