MySQL includes a number of built-in string manipulation functions that are similar to the functions provided by Web scripting languages such as PHP. You can use these functions in both the "SELECT ...

Special characters such as commas and quotes must be "escaped," which means you place a backslash in front of the character to insert the character as a part of the MySQL string. Click the Windows ...

Using all CHAR fields for text data technically is the fastest choice, but CHAR data items have a maximum length of 255 characters. The latest versions of MySQL allow VARCHAR items to be up to ...