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MySQLi – Regexps You have seen MySQL pattern matching with LIKE …%. MySQL supports another type of pattern matching operation based on regular expressions and the REGEXP operator. If you are aware of PHP or PERL, then it”s very simple for you to understand because this matching is very similar to those scripting regular expressions. […]

MySQLi – Data Types Properly defining the fields in a table is important to the overall optimization of your database. You should use only the type and size of field you really need to use; don”t define a field as 10 characters wide if you know you”re only going to use 2 characters. These types […]

MySQLi – Connection MySQL Connection Using MySQL Binary You can establish the MySQL database using the mysql binary at the command prompt. Example Here is a simple example to connect to the MySQL server from the command prompt − [root@host]# mysql -u root -p Enter password:****** This will give you the mysqli command prompt where […]