Different databases support different ways to get the first and last day of the month. Let’s see how to do it in MariaDB and MySQL.
Category: MySQL
Copying tables in MariaDB and MySQL
There are many reasons why we may want to duplicate a table. We may want to copy the table structure alone, or include the rows, we may only want to copy some sample rows. Let’s see how to copy a table in MariaDB and MySQL.
MariaDB/MySQL: Comments on database objects
MariaDB and MySQL support a non-standard syntax to read and write comments for database objects.
Find out if you’re running MariaDB, MySQL or Percona Server
MariaDB and MySQL are mostly compatible, while Percona Server is basically MySQL with some optimisations. For this reason, it’s quite common for developers not being sure which of them they are using.
MySQL: Find out which edition you are using
Sometimes, no one in a company knows how many databases they have, or how many commercial licenses they have. So you may be asked to write a report with all the existing MySQL instances, and whether they are Enterprise Editions or Community Editions.