RE: [PHP-DB] UPDATE table1 FROM table2

2001-11-02 Thread Niklas Lampén
Yes, it is possible: UPDATE TABLE2 SET (Field1, Field2, Field3) SELECT UpdaterField1, UpdaterField2, UpdaterField3 FROM TABLE1 WHERE SomeField LIKE 'Something' WHERE SomeField LIKE 'Something' That should work. Manual tells you more in Update section. Niklas -Original

RE: [PHP-DB] UPDATE table1 FROM table2

2001-11-02 Thread Niklas Lampén
on a unique index, the old record is deleted before the new record is inserted Niklas -Original Message- From: m0sh3 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 2. marraskuuta 2001 13:37 To: Niklas Lampén Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE table1 FROM table2 thanx for reply but in manual there's

Re: [PHP-DB] UPDATE table1 FROM table2

2001-11-02 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
This is actually one of the more common MySQL problems which doesn't have an easy answer. The best I can offer is a bit of a kludge... but it does work. The trick is to use the Replace...Select command. The problem with this is that you can not select from the table you are replacing. But if