1. A single query that fetvhes a value, increases it and save it : UPDATE `table_name` SET `field`=`field`+1;
2. You can lock tables, make updates an then unlock them, the other processes will wait the table to be unlocked before running their queries : LOCK TABLES `table_name` WRITE; {SQL statements here} UNLOCK TABLES; See also : http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/lock-tables.html ""abhishek jain"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Friends, I run several processes and they need to query the mysql 5.0.8 database simultaneously .I have a config table which have the record id. I need to fetch that and increment that .What I feel that the same record id is fetched by different simultaneosly before i update .Can anyone help me in either: 1)telling me a single query which will fetch and incr. in the same query. so the problem of simultaneously queries are solved. 2)A system by which delaying the other queries are done, I use PHP . Expecting a quick reply. Thanks, Abhishek Jain -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]