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How to Use IN Clause in Joomla Query
First, the trouble with
->where($db->quoteName('status') .' IN '.$db->quote(1,2,4))
is not only that a syntax error is generated on the query, but also that $db->quote() is treating 1 as ...
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SQL Injections using Jfactory::getDBO and setQuery() with LIKE condition
You won't need to worry about sql injection attacks if you use the quote() ( or q()) and quoteName() (or qn()) methods appropriately.
From https://docs.joomla.org/Secure_coding_guidelines#...
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with insert on duplicate key update - updating multiple rows at once
Building a REPLACE INTO query is just as simple as building an INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE. Note that there is a difference between REPLACE INTO AND ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE.
Code:
$columns = ...
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Joomla 4 create article programmatically
I rewrote the "Content Uploader" for Joomla 4 because I couldn't reach the developer. I had exactly the same problem as you described in the first example.
The reason is that the Workflow ...
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Joomla 4 create article programmatically
This will work.
$newapp = JFactory::getApplication();
$mvcFactory = $newapp->bootComponent('com_content')->getMVCFactory();
$articleModel = $mvcFactory->createModel('Article', 'Administrator',...
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How to relate comma-separated ids from one table to the ids of another table?
Just 2 simple queries, with first you select commas and then you check if IDs are inside that string. Just tested and it works using MySql IN() function with $commas string value fetched from $db->...
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Jdatabase : Sorting two selections?
I don't believe you need to use 2 queries. try the following:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select(array('roll_no', 'attended_no'))
->from($db->qn('...
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SQL syntax error when attempting to filter list view - how to build WHERE clause?
Try changing your query to the following:
$query->select('#__users_2679886', 'name')
->from($db->qN('#__users', '#__users_2679886'))
->where($db->qN('id') . ' = ' . $db->...
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Component SQL Updates Not Running
Figured this out. There was a bad version number in the #__schemas table. I rolled that version number back to a valid one and the updates work again.
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MySQL SELECT query with LIMIT to show a maximum of 3 images
Problem being is you're using loadObject() which will only ever return 1 result. If you want multiple, you'll need to use loadObjectList(), like so:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->...
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Insert query with ignore of duplicates (without key)
As you're using MySQL, you can create an unique index over your columns original_id and analogue_id.
Then use a raw query like:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = 'INSERT IGNORE INTO ' . $db->...
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Why my custom query only returns one result?
You should use loadColumn instead of loadResult. loadResult is used when you want to get only 1 value from the query (and is typically used when the query returns just one value), loadColumn is used ...
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How to check if specific table names exist in a database?
What is likely to be tripping you up is that your $tableArray doesn't have prefixes. This is evident in your query because you prepend the tablename with #__ in the FROM clause. The resultset will ...
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How to write a query with GROUP BY and ORDER BY using Joomla's query methods?
I see minor typos in each of your coding attempts (misspelled method names: selcet and loadObjectLsit).
Write the GROUP BY order like so: (Reference Link)
SELECT id, DATE_FORMAT(estEventDate, '%b %Y'...
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Issues to be aware of when calling `concatenate()`, `regexp()`, `rand()`, and `castAsChar()` in sql queries
All of my demonstrations will assume this line is already declared:
$db = JFactory::getDBO();
I will also provide a "guinea pig" table as a demo reference and playground for researchers when sample ...
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loadAssocList() is not working properly when assigning a column name as the key parameter
Most critical to fixing your issue is to include the p.ComponentId column in your select() call so that it is available at the time the result set is being constructed.
If you have your error ...
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Is the following everything one should do to prevent SQL injection?
First, when reading user input you should make sure it's the correct type. The Input/Filter APIs don't handle array/string conversion. So if you're expecting STRING filter to return a string be aware ...
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How to tell what WAS the local time of an article?
In database tables, dates are always in UTC.
Coordinated Universal Time (French: Temps universel coordonné), abbreviated as UTC, is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks ...
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The MySQL adapter mysqli is not available - how to resolve this issue?
I had this error after a reboot on one site of 12 on my server. All my sites are Joomla. We recently upgraded to php7.1 I tried everything then found the fix.
The fix was to comment out the suPHP ...
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How to share table between 2 or more databases?
Yes, you can share the users from one Joomla! site to multiple other Joomla! sites (as long as you keep them on the same J! version). This is how you do it in Joomla! 2.5 - 3.6 (current version):
...
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Joomla Debug Console does not show Database Queries
This is kinda of necroposting, but an issue still has no fix from Falang author, so here is it. In the file ./plugins/system/falangdriver/falangdriver.php
Find (309 row for Falang 2.6.0):
$db->...
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Jdatabase : Counting number of elements in a comma separated field
One approach would be the following:
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$id = 20; // Example ID
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select($db->qn('roll_no'))
->from($db->qn('#...
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Optimize Joomla SQL Query to store data in array and pass on array output to field
There's no need for multiple queries in your case. You can simply select email and mobile from the table, like so:
$id = JFactory::getApplication()->input->getInt('vid', '');
$db = JFactory::...
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AJAX post not able to update database
After more searches, I managed to work it out. Hopefully the below will offer some small mercy to some lost joomla soul like I was. The main challenge was constructing the URL and get a response. So ...
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SQL WHERE clause with a variable (current article ID)
Your code contains several errors, including a syntax error. You should use an IDE with proper code completion and signature hints (any modern IDE should be able to do that).
$query->select('value'...
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Check if INSERT query was successful or failed because of a duplicate UNIQUE KEY
You will need to perform a select query against your database table, searching for the email address. If a result is returned, you can throw an alert message, else perform the insert query, something ...
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How to generate missing column data using a reformatted substring of another column?
I believe this should do it:
UPDATE m5cob_mt_links
SET alias = REPLACE(SUBSTRING_INDEX(LOWER(link_name), ' ', 5),' ','-');
EDIT: Added REPLACE for ampersand, comma, and double dashes as well as a ...
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How to write a query with a WHERE clause with two conditions?
Try this:
$query->WHERE($db->quoteName('test_id').'= 1 AND '.$db->quoteName('user_id').'='. $user->id)
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How to check if specific table names exist in a database?
When using SHOW TABLES load results with loadColumn() to receive a simple array with table names as values.
print_r(JFactory::getDbo()->setQuery('SHOW TABLES')->loadColumn());
Output:
Array
(
...
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How to query for users that have all tags when searching for multiple tags?
Tags - Similar module uses HAVING clause to achieve this.
$query->having('COUNT(' . $db->quoteName('tags.tag_id') . ') = ' . count($tags));
But I'm not sure if this is the best possible ...
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