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36.
What do % and _ mean inside LIKE statement?
% corresponds to 0 or more characters, _ is exactly one character.
37.
What does + mean in REGEXP?
At least one character. Appendix G. Regular Expressions from MySQL manual is worth perusing before the interview.
38.
How do you get the month from a timestamp?
SELECT MONTH(techpreparation_timestamp) from techpreparation_questions;
39.
How do you offload the time/date handling to MySQL?
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(techpreparation_timestamp, ‘%Y-%m-%d’) from techpreparation_questions; A similar TIME_FORMAT function deals with time.
40.
How do you add three minutes to a date?
ADDDATE(techpreparation_publication_date, INTERVAL 3 MINUTE)