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Multiple SQL Queries in a Stored Procedure.


Working on a Thursday afternoon, I came across a problem where we had to return multiple counts (about 10 of them ) in an application. One way was to have multiple stored procedures and call them one by one, but this would mean I would have to make 10 connections to the database and 10 opens , 10 closes, phew !


So I decided to combine all of them into one:
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Pagination in mysql CLI


Ever wonder how to scroll upwards in mysl resultset ?

What if your terminal doesn’t allow scrollback or the scrollback buffer is somehow set to sreen lines ?

How to use MORE or LESS unix commands in mysql which would allow to scroll using ‘return’ or ’spacebar’

Follow the steps given below:

  1. mysql –page uuser -p  [Invoke mysql using the --page command]
  2. mysql> pager less          [set the pager to use less]
  3. mysql> select * from table_name  [run your query]

This also  works under the unix ’screen’ terminal emulation

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