Corey Kaye writes:
> I'm wondering what is the best way to update one table based on another. Can joins
>be performed for an update?
>
> update table1 set table1.field2 = table2.field2 where table1.field1 = table2.field1;
>
> The alternative seams to be:
> select table2.field2 from table2;
> update table2 set table2.field2 = $savedValue;
>
> which is very slow....
>
> Thanks.
>
This feature will come in 4.0.2, with a different syntax:
UPDATE join_table_list SET ... WHERE ...
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