maybe it doesn't then in MySQL - it does elsewhere Alan > -----Original Message----- > From: David Felio [mailto:david@;ark.org] > Sent: Saturday, 9 November 2002 1:59 > To: MySQL List > Subject: Re: Copy Records in a table... > > > Is the implementation of this different than the docs say? According to > the manual, I didn't think this would work: > > "* The target table of the INSERT statement cannot appear in the FROM > clause of the SELECT part of the query because it's forbidden in ANSI > SQL to SELECT from the same table into which you are inserting." > - http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/INSERT_SELECT.html > > On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:56 PM, Alan McDonald wrote: > > > insert into mytable(field1, field2, field3) select field1, field2, > > newvalue > > from mytable where productcode=xx > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Doug Coning [mailto:lists@;coning.com] > >> Sent: Friday, 8 November 2002 14:35 > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Copy Records in a table... > >> > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I'm still learning MySQL. I have a database of 600 items. I am still > >> adding products. Several of these products are identical in nature, > >> but > >> have maybe one or two columns that are different. Is there a way > >> to write a > >> SQL command that selects these items and then inserts them, and > >> then updates > >> them respectively with one command? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Doug > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > >
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