了解编程的人一般都会知道函数的重要性，丰富的函数有的时候可以给我们带来事半功倍的效果，在MySQL中提供了许多的内置函数，能够帮助开发人员编写简单快捷的SQL语句,除了这些内置的函数之外，用户也可以自定义函数，本次博客整理了一下MySQL中常用的函数，简单的介绍了自定函数，MySQL版本mysql-5.7.19。
常用函数
1.字符串函数
字符串函数是最常用的一种函数。下表列出了常用的字符串函数：
2.数值函数
MySQL中另外一类就是数值函数了。这些函数可以处理很多数值方面的运算，常见的数值运算函数如下：
3.日期和时间函数
有的时候们需要了解当前的时间，这时候我们就可以调用时间函数了。下面就是一些常用的时间函数：
下面来说一下DATE_FORMAT(date,format)：format可以有以下格式符：
Specifier Description %a Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) %b Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) %c Month, numeric (0..12) %D Day of the month with English suffix (0th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …) %d Day of the month, numeric (00..31) %e Day of the month, numeric (0..31) %f Microseconds (000000..999999) %H Hour (00..23) %h Hour (01..12) %I Hour (01..12) %i Minutes, numeric (00..59) %j Day of year (001..366) %k Hour (0..23) %l Hour (1..12) %M Month name (January..December) %m Month, numeric (00..12) %p AM or PM %r Time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss followed by AM or PM) %S Seconds (00..59) %s Seconds (00..59) %T Time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss) %U Week (00..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 0 %u Week (00..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 1 %V Week (01..53), where Sunday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 2; used with %X %v Week (01..53), where Monday is the first day of the week; WEEK() mode 3; used with %x %W Weekday name (Sunday..Saturday) %w Day of the week (0=Sunday..6=Saturday) %X Year for the week where Sunday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %V %x Year for the week, where Monday is the first day of the week, numeric, four digits; used with %v %Y Year, numeric, four digits %y Year, numeric (two digits) %% A literal % character %x x, for any “x” not listed above