Can I do this in a single SQL query?

2009-02-24 Thread Jim McAtee
I have an old table of comments made to a web site in which no user registration was required, but commenters were required to enter an email address. The system had little verification and users could enter bogus addresses, but most people did enter their real email address. The new system

RE: Can I do this in a single SQL query?

2009-02-24 Thread William Seiter
Can you update the comments table when a new registration happens, with the userid that matches the email address? William -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:jmca...@mediaodyssey.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:26 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Can I do this in a single SQL

Re: Can I do this in a single SQL query?

2009-02-24 Thread Matt Williams
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Jim McAtee jmca...@mediaodyssey.com wrote: The new system requires user registration and new comments are now tied directly to a user account.  What I'd like to do is link any newly registered users to their old comments by using the email address.  It's

Re: Can I do this in a single SQL query?

2009-02-24 Thread Jim McAtee
- Original Message - From: Matt Williams mgw...@gmail.com To: cf-talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Can I do this in a single SQL query? UPDATE comments SET userID = ( SELECT userID FROM users WHERE users.email = comments.email