I’m trying to update multiple columns at once but cann’t do it in an efficient way. What I am trying to do is: Update table temp, When: ( Q1A=1 AND Q1E=1 AND Q1F=1 AND Q1G IN (‘’,”NA”) ) THEN SET (Q1E=6,Q1F=5, Q1G=999), OR When ( (Q2A=1 AND Q2E=1 AND Q2F=1 AND Q2G IN (‘’,’NA’) THEN SET (Q2E=6,Q2F=5,Q2G=999))
The record falls in one of above cases should be updated. The query I used is: UPDATE temp SET Q1E = IF(Q1E = 1, 6, Q1E), Q1F = IF(Q1F = 1, 5, Q1F), Q1G = IF(Q1G IN ('','NA'),999, Q1G), Q2E = IF(Q2E = 1, 6, Q2E), Q2F = IF(Q2F = 1, 5, Q2F), Q2G = IF(Q2G IN ('', 'NA'), 999, Q2G), WHERE Q1A = 1 AND Q1E = 1 AND Q1F = 1 AND (Q1G IN ('', 'NA')) OR ( Q2A = 1 AND Q2E = 1 AND Q2F = 1 AND Q2G IN ('', 'NA')); This query has problem. It also updates the record like following: Before update: Q1A=1,Q1E=1,Q1F=1,Q1G=’NA’, Q2A=1, Q2E=3, Q3F=1; After update: Q1A=1,Q1E=6,Q1F=5,Q1G=999, Q2A=1, Q2E=3, Q3F=5. However, since Q2E=3, this record should be: Q1A=1,Q1E=6,Q1F=5,Q1G=999, Q2A=1, Q2E=3, Q3F=1. So, any suggestion? Thanks a lot. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]