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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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Adding Multiple Users in Joomla
I see in the tags of your question you are using mysql and phpmyadmin, so I assume you are after a a way to INSERT records of users directly into the Joomla database.
However please note that, the ...
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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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What to use instead of getNumRows() in Joomla 3.x
[EDIT]
Use the Get Affected Rows function for INSERT, UPDATE, REPLACE or DELETE queries in Joomla
$db->getAffectedRows();
.
--Below is included as the original answer but not really the most ...
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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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The safety of direct SQL-requests in Joomla templates/views
Joomla is built on the MVC design pattern, so querying the db from a view is bad practice. But with your scenario, let's consider a few alteratives:
changing the model: this makes no sense: you can't ...
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Will changing Article Category in Bulk with MySQL affect the integrity of assets table?
Yes it will.
Instead go to:
Joomla! Administrator
-> Content
-> Articles
Click the tick box to tick all article.
Then click 'Batch' up the top.
Under:
To Move or Copy your selection please ...
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What to use instead of getNumRows() in Joomla 3.x
getNumRows() is valid in Joomla 3.x.
As for your error...
"getNumRows() will return the number of result rows found by the last query and waiting to be read. To get a result from getNumRows() you ...
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Display a Value from a Specific DB Field
I suspect the issue is due to your select statement missing quoteName
and a malformed where statement
you should also use chaining (and qn alias for quoteName q for quote)
This should be the right ...
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What does 'lft' and 'rgt' do in #__menu table?
The lft and rft code is quite old in Joomla, and only used in a sub-set of core functionality. Basically it means...
lft: the item id of the item to the left
rgt: the item id of the item to the ...
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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 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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Get Timestamp from Database
You need to add this in your code, after $db->setQuery( $query);
$db->setQuery( $query);
$var1= $db->loadResult();
$timestamp = strtotime($var1);
Hope this help
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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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Joomla Debug Console does not show Database Queries
Found out that the joomla database driver is being overridden by another one which belongs to Falang component that allows you to manage all the content translations. Falang database driver has no ...
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How can I test Joomla performace
For website performance test you can use some online service like:
http://www.webpagetest.org/
http://tools.pingdom.com/
https://gtmetrix.com/
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
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Display Entry when referencing 2 Tables
You should review how to use JDatabase for queries, what you wrote is basically a RAW SQL statement and left off the join for the second table. Here is the correct structure with chaining (it should ...
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