Dear Amit, > "update lotjobtemp set duedate = (select duedate from > importparameters);"
In MySQL, you need 2 queries for this: SELECT @var:=duedate FROM importparameters; UPDATE lotjobtemp SET duedate = @var; Most probably, you will want to use a WHERE clause for both statments. To make this transaction safe, you can use InnoDB tables. Issue BEGIN before the SELECT statement and COMMIT after the UPDATE statement. HTH! -- Stefan Hinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH <http://iConnect.de> Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amit Lonkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "mysql" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: Update Query problem > Hi All!! > > I am writing a .sql file. I want to execute this file > at runtime. > > One of the queries is :- > "update lotjobtemp set duedate = (select duedate from > importparameters);" > > This query generates an error as > "ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near > 'select duedate from impor > tparameters' at line 1". > > I guess this is because subselects fail in mysql. Can > any one tell me how to overcome this problem. > > Regards > Amit Lonkar > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
