MySQL Functions

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MySQL has many built-in functions.

This reference contains string, numeric, date, and some advanced functions in
MySQL.

MySQL String Functions

Function Description

ASCII Returns the ASCII value for the specific character

CHAR_LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in characters)

CHARACTER_LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in characters)

CONCAT Adds two or more expressions together

CONCAT_WS Adds two or more expressions together with a separator

FIELD Returns the index position of a value in a list of values

FIND_IN_SET Returns the position of a string within a list of strings

FORMAT Formats a number to a format like "#,###,###.##",

rounded to a specified number of decimal places

INSERT Inserts a string within a string at the specified position and

for a certain number of characters
INSTR Returns the position of the first occurrence of a string in
another string

LCASE Converts a string to lower-case

LEFT Extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from

left)

LENGTH Returns the length of a string (in bytes)

LOCATE Returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a

string

LOWER Converts a string to lower-case

LPAD Left-pads a string with another string, to a certain length

LTRIM Removes leading spaces from a string

MID Extracts a substring from a string (starting at any position)

POSITION Returns the position of the first occurrence of a substring in a

string

REPEAT Repeats a string as many times as specified

REPLACE Replaces all occurrences of a substring within a string, with a

new substring

REVERSE Reverses a string and returns the result

RIGHT Extracts a number of characters from a string (starting from

right)

RPAD Right-pads a string with another string, to a certain length

RTRIM Removes trailing spaces from a string

SPACE Returns a string of the specified number of space characters

STRCMP Compares two strings

SUBSTR Extracts a substring from a string (starting at any position)

SUBSTRING Extracts a substring from a string (starting at any position)

SUBSTRING_INDEX Returns a substring of a string before a specified number of

delimiter occurs

TRIM Removes leading and trailing spaces from a string

UCASE Converts a string to upper-case

 UPPER Converts a string to upper-case

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MySQL Numeric Functions

Function Description

ABS Returns the absolute value of a number

ACOS Returns the arc cosine of a number

ASIN Returns the arc sine of a number

ATAN Returns the arc tangent of one or two numbers

ATAN2 Returns the arc tangent of two numbers

AVG Returns the average value of an expression

CEIL Returns the smallest integer value that is >= to a number

CEILING Returns the smallest integer value that is >= to a number

COS Returns the cosine of a number

COT Returns the cotangent of a number

COUNT Returns the number of records returned by a select query

DEGREES Converts a value in radians to degrees

DIV Used for integer division

EXP Returns e raised to the power of a specified number

FLOOR Returns the largest integer value that is <= to a number

GREATEST Returns the greatest value of the list of arguments

LEAST Returns the smallest value of the list of arguments

LN Returns the natural logarithm of a number

 LOG Returns the natural logarithm of a number, or the logarithm of a
number to a specified base

LOG10 Returns the natural logarithm of a number to base 10

LOG2 Returns the natural logarithm of a number to base 2

MAX Returns the maximum value in a set of values

MIN Returns the minimum value in a set of values

MOD Returns the remainder of a number divided by another number

PI Returns the value of PI

POW Returns the value of a number raised to the power of another

number

POWER Returns the value of a number raised to the power of another

number

RADIANS Converts a degree value into radians

RAND Returns a random number

ROUND Rounds a number to a specified number of decimal places

SIGN Returns the sign of a number

SIN Returns the sine of a number

SQRT Returns the square root of a number

SUM Calculates the sum of a set of values

TAN Returns the tangent of a number

TRUNCATE Truncates a number to the specified number of decimal places

MySQL Date Functions

Function Description

ADDDATE Adds a time/date interval to a date and then returns the

date

ADDTIME Adds a time interval to a time/datetime and then returns the

time/datetime
CURDATE Returns the current date

CURRENT_DATE Returns the current date

CURRENT_TIME Returns the current time

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Returns the current date and time

CURTIME Returns the current time

DATE Extracts the date part from a datetime expression

DATEDIFF Returns the number of days between two date values

DATE_ADD Adds a time/date interval to a date and then returns the

date

DATE_FORMAT Formats a date

DATE_SUB Subtracts a time/date interval from a date and then returns

the date

DAY Returns the day of the month for a given date

DAYNAME Returns the weekday name for a given date

DAYOFMONTH Returns the day of the month for a given date

DAYOFWEEK Returns the weekday index for a given date

DAYOFYEAR Returns the day of the year for a given date

EXTRACT Extracts a part from a given date

FROM_DAYS Returns a date from a numeric datevalue

HOUR Returns the hour part for a given date

LAST_DAY Extracts the last day of the month for a given date

LOCALTIME Returns the current date and time

LOCALTIMESTAMP Returns the current date and time

MAKEDATE Creates and returns a date based on a year and a number of

days value

MAKETIME Creates and returns a time based on an hour, minute, and

second value

MICROSECOND Returns the microsecond part of a time/datetime

MINUTE Returns the minute part of a time/datetime

MONTH Returns the month part for a given date

MONTHNAME Returns the name of the month for a given date

NOW Returns the current date and time

PERIOD_ADD Adds a specified number of months to a period

PERIOD_DIFF Returns the difference between two periods

QUARTER Returns the quarter of the year for a given date value

SECOND Returns the seconds part of a time/datetime

SEC_TO_TIME Returns a time value based on the specified seconds

STR_TO_DATE Returns a date based on a string and a format

SUBDATE Subtracts a time/date interval from a date and then returns

the date

SUBTIME Subtracts a time interval from a datetime and then returns

the time/datetime

SYSDATE Returns the current date and time

TIME Extracts the time part from a given time/datetime

TIME_FORMAT Formats a time by a specified format

TIME_TO_SEC Converts a time value into seconds

TIMEDIFF Returns the difference between two time/datetime

expressions

TIMESTAMP Returns a datetime value based on a date or datetime value

TO_DAYS Returns the number of days between a date and date

"0000-00-00"

WEEK Returns the week number for a given date

WEEKDAY Returns the weekday number for a given date

WEEKOFYEAR Returns the week number for a given date

YEAR Returns the year part for a given date

YEARWEEK Returns the year and week number for a given date
MySQL Advanced Functions
Function Description

BIN Returns a binary representation of a number

BINARY Converts a value to a binary string

CASE Goes through conditions and return a value when the first
condition is met

CAST Converts a value (of any type) into a specified datatype

COALESCE Returns the first non-null value in a list

CONNECTION_ID Returns the unique connection ID for the current connection

CONV Converts a number from one numeric base system to another

CONVERT Converts a value into the specified datatype or character set

CURRENT_USER Returns the user name and host name for the MySQL account
that the server used to authenticate the current client

DATABASE Returns the name of the current database

IF Returns a value if a condition is TRUE, or another value if a

condition is FALSE

IFNULL Return a specified value if the expression is NULL, otherwise

return the expression

ISNULL Returns 1 or 0 depending on whether an expression is NULL

LAST_INSERT_ID Returns the AUTO_INCREMENT id of the last row that has been
inserted or updated in a table

NULLIF Compares two expressions and returns NULL if they are equal.
Otherwise, the first expression is returned

SESSION_USER Returns the current MySQL user name and host name

SYSTEM_USER Returns the current MySQL user name and host name

USER Returns the current MySQL user name and host name

VERSION Returns the current version of the MySQL database