Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query to add to a field

2002-01-28 Thread DL Neil
Hello Adv. Systems Design, > I need to be able to update a field in MySQL, the catch is that I have to add on to >text that is already there and I have to be able to do it within MySQL (phpMyAdmin). My first idea was to do: > > SET prod_desc = prod_desc + "more info to tack on to end" > > but th

Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query to add to a field

2002-01-28 Thread Joffrey van Wageningen
> SET prod_desc = prod_desc + "more info to tack on to end" > > but this is a mathematical function which returns 0! update table set field = concat(field, "more info") where id = 1; find the string functions in the mysql manual... with kind regards, Joffrey van Wageningen -- PHP Database M

Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE query to add to a field

2002-01-28 Thread Paul DuBois
At 9:06 -0800 1/28/02, Adv. Systems Design wrote: >hello all: > >I need to be able to update a field in MySQL, the catch is that I >have to add on to text that is already there and I have to be able >to do it within MySQL (phpMyAdmin). My first idea was to do: > >SET prod_desc = prod_desc + "mor

[PHP-DB] UPDATE query to add to a field

2002-01-28 Thread Adv. Systems Design
hello all: I need to be able to update a field in MySQL, the catch is that I have to add on to text that is already there and I have to be able to do it within MySQL (phpMyAdmin). My first idea was to do: SET prod_desc = prod_desc + "more info to tack on to end" but this is a mathematical f