STIBS, Thursday, October 17, 2002, 12:26:34 AM, you wrote: S> I have a littlebig problem:
S> I want to UPDATE table1.fields with data from table2.fields WHERE the id (in this S> case a product number) is the same in both tables. S> OK, I did this: S> UPDATE table1 SET table1.field1 = table2.field1, table1.field2 = table2.field2,... S> WHERE table1.id = table2.id; S> The answer from MySQL is: Unknown table 'table2' in WHERE clause . S> Heading to MySQL.com the docs tell me nothing than there is a INSERT ... SELECT. S> In my case this would be an UPDATE ... SELECT coz I don't want a new table, just S> updating records of an existing with data from another. S> I'm sure I just miss the right topic to look at. Point me please. S> Second try: S> I used S> UPDATE table1, table2 SET table1.field1 = table2.field1, table1.field2 = table2.field2,... S> WHERE table1.id = table2.id; S> It still gives me an error, now in the SQL Syntax when I set the table1.field2 value. It doesn't find the second tables name [You have an error... near ... table(2.field2 should be here)]. What version do you use? Multi-tables updates are supported only since 4.0.2 -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ma02-010c This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
