I have a table structure like :
ID, Test_ID, Verdict, PATH, Last_Status,
Present_status, Remote_location,TestCase
I want the result to be displayed starting with TestCase
But I do not want to mention all the fileds particularly.
Is there anything like
select TestCase,* from Table order by TestCase` ?
Basically the result should be displayed as
Testcase, ID, Test_ID, Verdictm PATH,
Last_Status, Present_statusmRemote_location
If I try the above select, it does not work in MYSQL. Is there any command to achive what I require?
Thanks.
Not that I know of. Even so, it's good practice to avoid using SELECT * FROM tableName wherever possible.
If your column list ever changes, queries in your code may assign values to the wrong fields.
you have to list all the fields you want in the order you want them in. it is either use * or list what you want, and just for the future using * is bad practice.
yes, just list the columns you want first explicitly in the Select clause:
Select Testcase, t.* From TableName
But the asterisk will cause the testcase column to be output no matter what, so you will get it twice. To avoid ambiguous redundant column names, you will have to alias the first one:
Select Testcase as FirsttestCase, t.* From TableName
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I've been using the LIST command to check the files staged to a table in Snowflake. However, the data is unordered and I'd like to order it by last_modified. I tried embedding it into a SELECT query like this:
SELECT *
FROM LIST #MY_DATABASE.MY_SCHEMA.%my_table/path/to/data PATTERN = '.*[.]csv.*'
However, this query fails to compile. I've tried preceding LIST with the CALL keyword as well, but no luck there. I've even tried assigning it to a local variable, but that doesn't work either. The data appears to be tabular so I'm not sure why I can't work with it.
How can I query on the output of LIST?
I am personally using the following "hacky" solution:
Start by executing the "list" command.
I Then use the result_scan function combined with last_query_id function to fetch the results of that query, as this point I can start querying the data, here's how it looks:
LIST #MY_DATABASE.MY_SCHEMA.%my_table/path/to/data PATTERN = '.*[.]csv.*'
WITH data(name, size, md5, last_modified) as (
SELECT * FROM table(result_scan(last_query_id()))
)
select *
from data
order by last_modified desc;
Obviously this is a manual hack as I retrieve the last query id, if you can't ensure this property you need to get the actual query id and use that explicitly instead.
I have been running into trouble executing SQL code in VBA Access when I refer to certain Table names.
For example,
INSERT INTO TempTable (ClientName) SELECT DISTINCT 1_1_xlsx.ClientName FROM 1_1_xlsx'<--does not work
The code works fine when I changed the Table name from 1_1_xlsx to Stuff.
INSERT INTO TempTable (ClientName) SELECT DISTINCT Stuff.ClientName FROM Stuff '<--works
I have no idea why the first query results in a syntax error and the second code is runs fine even when they refer to the same thing. I suspect it should be the naming conventions but I could not find any concrete answers.
Also, are there any ways that I could use 1_1_xlsx as my table name? Or am I just writing my query wrong?
try this:
INSERT INTO TempTable (ClientName) SELECT DISTINCT [1_1_xlsx].ClientName FROM [1_1_xlsx]
In many SQL based databases you can't have a table name or field name that starts with a number.
I suspect this is the underlying reason for your problem. Although Access will allow it, I have seen it cause problems in the past.
The problem is the number at the beginning of the table name. That is bad -- because it confuses the parser.
This is a bad table name, but SQL allows you to define table aliases. And, in this case, you don't even need to repeat the table name. So, here are two simple solutions:
INSERT INTO TempTable (ClientName)
SELECT DISTINCT ClientName
FROM 1_1_xlsx;
Or:
INSERT INTO TempTable (ClientName)
SELECT DISTINCT t.ClientName
FROM 1_1_xlsx as t
There is no reason to use the complete table name as an alias. That just makes the query harder to write and to read.
Is there any possibility to write delete query inside Where clause.
Example:
Select ID,Name From MyTable Where ID IN(Delete From MyTable)
It may be crazy, but let me explain my situation. In our reporting tool, we are supporting to enter SQL where query.
We will use our own Select and From Clause query and combine the user's where query input.
Example:
Select ID,Name From MyTable Where ("Query typed by user")
Here, user can type any kind of where query filter..
If he types like ID=100 our final query becomes like this
Select ID,Name From MyTable Where (ID=100)
One of our customer asked us what will happen if anyone type the delete query as where query filter. he feels this may be the security hole..so we have tried that kind of possibility in our dev environment. But the sql returns error for the following query.
Select ID,Name From MyTable Where ID IN(Delete From MyTable)
So finally, my question is, is there any other possibility to write Delete Query inside Where clause or Select clause.. If it possible, how can I restrict it?
Yes. They can run a delete. They can type:
1 = 1; DELETE FROM MY_TABLE;
Or even worse in some ways, (since you should have backups):
1 = 0 UNION SELECT SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER, CREDIT_CARD_NUMBER, OTHER_SENSITIVE_DATA FROM MY_SENSITIVE_TABLE;
Now, in your case its hard to validate. Normally if you are just passing a value to filter on you can use parameterised sql to save yourself. You however also need to let the user select a column. In cases like these, usually we use a drop down to allow the user to select a predefined list of columns and then validate the column name server side. We give the user a text box to enter the value to match and then parameterise that.
It's not quite possible. But he can do something like this :
Select ID,Name From MyTable Where (ID=100); (DELETE FROM MyTable Where 1 = 1)
by using ID=100); (DELETE FROM MyTable Where 1 = 1 instead of ID=100
I believe what your customer is talking about is SQL injection, as long as you have taken appropriate methods to block other queries from running after your select statement is done, then you should have no problem in letting them type whatever it is that you want.
From my experience there is no way to delete anything when you are doing a select statement.
Just make sure you have query terminator characters so they don't write something like the following.
select column1,column2, from myTable where ID in (1,2); delete from my table
this would be a valid worry from your customer if you aren't taking proper steps to prevent sql injection from happening.
You could have your SQL reporting tool just not have update, or delete permission and just have it have Read permission. However, it is up to you guys have you handle your sql injection security.
hi in my database i am store more than 50 field with primarykey (Auto increment) i am not sure about the fields name but i wants to select the entire data in that table , i am using
SELECT * FROM tablename
i want to select all the fields except that ID but this query populate the entire table so is there is possible to unselect the particular field in the select query. Can anyone have an idea please guide me. Thanks in Advance
The * indicates that you want to select ALL fields from a given table. If you want to select only a few fields, or all but one, then you will need to specify the ones you want manually:
select field1,field2,field3 from tablename
The SQL standard does not offer an "except" notation. It would be neat if we could
select t.* -t.ID
from some_table t
/
but it is not supported.
On the other hand, SELECT * is a dangerous construct. It is always better to explicitly list the columns we want in any given situation.
I need to extract all records which have a field which does NOT have a unique value.
I can't figure out an elegant way to do it - using annotation or some other way. I see a "value_annotate" method to the object manager but it's unclear if it's at all related.
Currently I'm using the inelegant way of simple looping through all values and doing a get on the value, and if there's an exception it means it's not unique..
Thanks
I can't say much about the Django part, but the query would look something like:
SELECT *
FROM foo
WHERE id IN (
SELECT MAX(id)
FROM foo
GROUP BY bar
HAVING COUNT(*)=1)
This will return all records where the "bar" field is unique.
I'd go direct to a raw query in this case. This'll look something like the following, assuming you're using Django 1.2:
query = """
SELECT *
FROM table
GROUP BY field
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
"""
non_uniques = Table.objects.raw(query)
For earlier than 1.2, see the django docs on raw queries