group_concat in MySQL

Murali · #41 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 03:33 AM

Hi All,

Code:

CREATE TABLE DUMMY(ID INTEGER,X LONGTEXT);
INSERT INTO DUMMY VALUES (1,1);
COMMIT;

Code:

SELECT LENGTH('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT')AS Len;

Output Length: 1457

Code:

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT') FROM DUMMY AS Result;

Output Result Length: 1024

But my String has the Length of 1457 and iam getting the length of just 1024.
What may be the reason?

Now i checked the Variable group_concat_max_len in my server side and i found that,

Code:

SELECT @@group_concat_max_len;

Code:

Output: 1024

So i really need to adjust my Group Concat Maximum Length to Get more Values in the String.. Here i do as per to Adjust the Length in the Session as,

Code:

SET SESSION group_concat_max_len:=4294967295; -- 4 GB size;

Now I tried the Same query,

Code:

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT') FROM DUMMY AS Result;

Output Result Length: 1457

Hope it is clear !!!!

Gopisoft · #42 (**permalink**) 11-08-2007, 11:00 PM

Hi,

CONCAT() and CONCAT_WS() function

CONCAT() Function

Code:

Syntax
CONCAT(str1,str2,...)

This function eeturns the string that results from concatenating the arguments. May have one or more arguments. If all arguments are non-binary strings, the result is a non-binary string. If the arguments include any binary strings, the result is a binary string. A numeric argument is converted to its equivalent binary string.

CONCAT() returns NULL if any argument is NULL.

Example:

Code:

SELECT CONCAT(CAST(int_col AS CHAR), char_col);

mysql> SELECT CONCAT('My', 'S', 'QL');
        -> 'MySQL'
mysql> SELECT CONCAT('My', NULL, 'QL');        
        -> NULL
mysql> SELECT CONCAT(14.3);
        -> '14.3'

CONCAT_WS() Function

Code:

Syntax
CONCAT_WS(separator,str1,str2,...)

CONCAT_WS() function for Concatenate With Separator and is a special form of CONCAT(). The first argument is the separator for the rest of the arguments. The separator is added between the strings to be concatenated. The separator can be a string, as can the rest of the arguments. If the separator is NULL, the result is NULL.

Note: CONCAT_WS() does not skip empty strings. However, it does skip any NULL values after the separator argument.

Code:

mysql> SELECT CONCAT_WS(',','First name','Second name','Last Name');
        -> 'First name,Second name,Last Name'
mysql> SELECT CONCAT_WS(',','First name',NULL,'Last Name');
        -> 'First name,Last Name'

Thanks
R.Gopi.

Murali · #43 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murali

Hi All,

Code:

CREATE TABLE DUMMY(ID INTEGER,X LONGTEXT);
INSERT INTO DUMMY VALUES (1,1);
COMMIT;

Code:

SELECT LENGTH('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT')AS Len;

Output Length: 1457

Code:

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT') FROM DUMMY AS Result;

Output Result Length: 1024

But my String has the Length of 1457 and iam getting the length of just 1024.
What may be the reason?

Now i checked the Variable group_concat_max_len in my server side and i found that,

Code:

SELECT @@group_concat_max_len;

Code:

Output: 1024

So i really need to adjust my Group Concat Maximum Length to Get more Values in the String.. Here i do as per to Adjust the Length in the Session as,

Code:

SET SESSION group_concat_max_len:=4294967295; -- 4 GB size;

Now I tried the Same query,

Code:

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT,123PRINT,245PRINT,456PRINT') FROM DUMMY AS Result;

Output Result Length: 1457

Hope it is clear !!!!

group_concat_max_len is a system Variable which can be modified in every session using the syntax,

Code:

SET SESSION group_concat_max_len:=4294967295; -- 4 GB size;

When u need to make it fixed permanently then u can assign the value to the system variable in your MYSQL config file (my.cnf)

Just add as follows in the MYSQL config file,

Code:

group_concat_max_len:=4294967295;

Now u need not to set the variable value in every session and you can simply work with that once u have set permanently in the MYSQL config file.

levelup · #44 (**permalink**) 09-29-2008, 06:56 AM

Thanks for all your post, I have the same problem and now it has been sorted

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