off the top of my head, may have errors.. update contributors c set c.namesort = ( select cs.namesort from contributor_sort cs where c.name = cs.name)
On 6/3/06, Jim McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using MySQL 5.0.21, I have two tables: > > contributors > ----------------- > contributor_id > name > namesort > > contributor_sort > ----------------- > name > namesort > > I'd like to update the namesort column in contributors by using the values > in the namesort column in contributor_sort wherever name = name. I don't > have the id in the second table, only the name. Also, the > contributor_sort table may not have matches for all rows in the > contributors table. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:242293 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
