How to pass variable from sql-query macro to status macro or nested sql-query macro

This article explains how to use the functions in MySQL using the app SQL for Confluence (Pro Edition).

Instructions

Follow the steps:

1. Login to the Confluence instance.

2. Go to the required confluence page and edit the same.

3. Add SQL macro and go to the Edit option to open the settings for SQL settings.
   
   

4. Select the Data source profile and write the SQL statement as shown in the below image.
   a. CONCAT () - This function allows you to add two or more strings together.
   

   SELECT user_name, CONCAT( display_name,"  ", active,"  ",created_date) AS Userdetails
   FROM cwd_user;

   
   
   
   b. JOIN - A JOIN clause is used to combine rows from two or more tables, based on a related column between them.
   

   SELECT user_name,last_name,group_name  FROM cwd_user JOIN cwd_group on cwd_user.directory_id = cwd_group.directory_id;

   
   
   
   c. LEFT () - Thisfunction is a string function that returns the left part of a string with a specified length. 
       In below example, the following statement uses the LEFT function to return the 5 leftmost characters of the stringMySQL LEFT.
   

   SELECT 
       group_name, LEFT(group_name, 5) summary
   FROM
       cwd_group;