Join Bill Weinman for an in-depth discussion in this video Bit type, part of MySQL Essential Training.
…Support for a bit type began with MySQL version 5.03.…Before that the bit type was simply mapped to tiny int and didn't work very well.…Because of this legacy, it's gotten a bad reputation.…But as of MySQL 5.6, it works just fine, and it can be useful.…So we're going to start with the scratch database here.…And we're just going to create a simple table.…I'll start as always with the Drop Table If Exists.…
And we'll create a table and we'll give it a ID column, and a couple of BIT columns.…So I have here a three-bit column and a five-bit column, together three and five…is eight, so these two columns are going to just take up eight bits.…And they'll all be packed into one eight bit unit, into one eight bit byte.…The Bit type is designed to conserve space as much as possible.…You can define several columns of various bit lengths in a single table, and MySQL…will pack these into as few units…of storage as possible, usually on eight-bit boundaries.…
So let's go ahead and add some values to this.…Now we note that the largest decimal number you can express in…
Author
Bill Weinman
Released
5/14/2014- Writing queries
- Creating and updating databases and tables
- Using MySQL built-in functions
- Sorting and filtering data
- Updating tables with triggers
- Working with subselects and views
- Creating and using a stored function
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m
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Using the exercise files1m 31s
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What is MySQL?1m 48s
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1. Installing and Configuring the Test Environment
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Installation overview3m 16s
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Installing XAMPP on Windows5m 55s
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Installing XAMPP on the Mac6m 38s
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Setting up MySQL users11m 31s
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Installing SID on Windows5m 43s
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2. Basic Syntax
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The SELECT statement3m 57s
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Selecting rows4m 57s
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Selecting columns3m 8s
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Filtering results with WHERE3m 52s
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Inserting rows4m 9s
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Updating rows2m 21s
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Deleting rows2m 25s
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Literal strings3m 11s
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Understanding NULL2m 42s
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3. Creating a Database
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Creating a database4m 30s
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Creating a table7m 18s
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Creating indexes6m 8s
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Creating an ID column6m 58s
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Altering a table4m 9s
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4. MySQL Data Types
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What are data types?4m 1s
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Numeric types5m 20s
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String types2m 58s
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Date and time types7m 2s
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Bit type2m 26s
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Boolean values2m 15s
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Enumeration types4m 53s
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5. MySQL Functions
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String functions6m 57s
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Numeric functions6m 2s
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Date and time functions4m 12s
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Time zones in MySQL3m 37s
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Formatting dates1m 51s
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Aggregate functions5m 45s
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Flow control with CASE4m 9s
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6. Transactions
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7. Triggers
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8. Subselects and Views
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Creating a simple subselect3m 22s
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Creating a view3m 32s
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Creating a joined view3m 23s
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9. Stored Routines
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Creating a stored function4m 34s
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Creating a stored procedure5m 52s
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10. PHP's PDO Interface with MySQL
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Executing the SQL4m 8s
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Using a stored funciton4m 9s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye1m 3s
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