multi-table update

2001-12-02 Thread Corey Kaye
I'm wondering what is the best way to update one table based on another. Can joins be performed for an update? update table1 set table1.field2 = table2.field2 where table1.field1 = table2.field1; The alternative seams to be: select table2.field2 from table2; update table2 set table2.field2 =

QUICK HELP, two selects, maybe nested.

2001-12-01 Thread Corey Kaye
Looking though the docs. MySQL does not support nested selects but i'm looking for a way to speed up my PHP. This is what i have: CREATE TABLE departmentuser ( userid int(10) unsigned zerofill default NULL, departmentid int(10) unsigned zerofill default NULL, KEY

Re: QUICK HELP, two selects, maybe nested.

2001-12-01 Thread Corey Kaye
; Thanks for the help! PS Though my searching i still have not found anything on IF statements in SQL... i'm sure there is some, i just can't find any examples. Anyone give me one or two? Sinisa Milivojevic [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/01/01 11:02am Corey Kaye writes: Currently i'm selecting all

renaming a database

2001-11-10 Thread Corey Kaye
Can you rename a database? If so, how does it handle all the tables inside it? Thanks. - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list