MySQL Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v4.46, by Herong Yang
Data Literals
Describes how to enter data into programs as data literals for different datatypes.
Now we know the types of data, and how they are stored in memory. Next we need know how data can get in to the computer. One way is to enter it through the program source code as a data literal.
Data Literal: An program source element that represents a data value. Data literals can be divided into multiple groups depending the type of the data it is representing and how it is representing.
1. Character String Literals are used to construct character strings, exact numbers, approximate numbers and data and time values. The syntax rules of character string literals are pretty simple:
Examples of character string literals:
'Hello world!' 'Loews L''Enfant Plaza' '123' '0.123e-1' '1999-01-01'
2. Hex String Literals are used to construct character strings and exact numbers. The syntax rules for hex string literals are also very simple:
Examples of hex string literals:
x'41424344' x'31323334' x'31323334' x'01' x'0001' x'ff' x'ffffffff' x'ffffffffffffffff'
3. Numeric Literals are used to construct exact numbers and approximate numbers. Syntax rules of numeric literals are:
Examples of numeric literals:
1 -22 33.3 -44.44 55.555e5 -666.666e-6
4. Date and Time Literals are used to construct date and time values. The syntax of date and time literals are:
Examples of data and time literals:
DATE '1999-01-01' TIMESTAMP '1999-01-01 01:02:03'
5. Time Interval Literals are used to construct time intervals with different time units.
Examples of time interval literals:
INTERVAL '3' YEAR INTERVAL '1' DAY INTERVAL '4' MONTH INTERVAL '1' HOUR INTERVAL '5' MINUTE INTERVAL '9' SECOND
6. Null Literal is used to construct a null value for any data type. The syntax of null literal is the word "null".
Table of Contents
MySQL Introduction and Installation
Introduction of MySQL Programs
Perl Programs and MySQL Servers
Java Programs and MySQL Servers
Character String Literal Evaluation Examples
Hex String Literal Evaluation Examples
Numeric Literal Evaluation Examples
Character Strings and Bit Strings
Table Column Types for Different Types of Values
Using DDL to Create Tables and Indexes
Using DML to Insert, Update and Delete Records
Using SELECT to Query Database
Window Functions for Statistical Analysis
Use Index for Better Performance
Transaction Management and Isolation Levels
Defining and Calling Stored Procedures
Variables, Loops and Cursors Used in Stored Procedures
System, User-Defined and Stored Procedure Variables
Storage Engines in MySQL Server
InnoDB Storage Engine - Primary and Secondary Indexes
Performance Tuning and Optimization
Installing MySQL Server on Linux