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Tag: exists

Why should I use EXISTS() function in MySQL?

I have this query: And when I remove that EXISTS() function, still my code works: So why should I write that? What’s its advantage? Answer In short: EXISTS returns when it finds the first result instead of fetching all matching records (so it is more efficient when there are multiple records matching th…

Return 1 if number exists in table and 0 otherwise

I want to return 1 if some number already exists in table and 0 otherwise. I tried something but it doesn’t work: I want something similar to exists function that already exists in PostgreSQL, but instead of true and false I want 1 or 0. Answer EXISTS yields a boolean result. The simple way to achieve w…

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