Matthew, Baron, I am actually a bit confused,* what has the SELECT to do with the UPDATE?*
SELECT ProductSku, COUNT(ProductSku) _import_products FROM _import_products GROUP BY ProductSku; I think the problem is simply that you are using two relations (tables) that are effectively the same and you have to specify an alias for each of them to let the optimizer understand the SET to which of the two refers to. *Moreover*, how can this UPDATE know about the table _import_products ??? if it is not mentioned in the JOIN? You can fix the first problem adding the aliases: UPDATE ps4_products ps4_A INNER JOIN ps4_products ps4_B ON (*_import_products*.ProductSku = ps4_products.ProductSKU) SET ps4_A.ProductPrice = _import_products.ProductPrice; SET ps4_As.ProductWeight = _import_products.ProductWeight; SET ps4_A.ProductWidth = _import_products.ProductWidth; SET ps4_A.ProductHeight = _import_products.ProductHeight; SET ps4_A.ProductLength = _import_products.ProductLength; then you will have the error: "Unknown _import_products...." @Baron: how can an alias be carried over between two different SQL statements?? Cheers! Claudio 2012/3/14 Baron Schwartz <ba...@xaprb.com> > Matthew, > > The mistake seems to be in believing that the alias from the SELECT > carries over and is used in the UPDATE. You need to add an alias to > the UPDATE. You are referring to _import_products in the UPDATE, but > you never define it as an alias. > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Matthew Stuart <m...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > Hi all, I have a table of products (ps_4products), and a table of > up-to-date prices and sizes (_import_products). I am trying to replace old > content in the table ps4_products with up-to-date content in the > _import_products table, but I am getting errors. > > > > I am trying to ask the DB to match on ProductSKU and then replace the > relevant info but I am getting this error: > > > > Not unique table/alias: 'ps4_products' > > > > I have no idea what it means though. Please advise. > > > > Here's my query: > > > > SELECT ProductSku, COUNT(ProductSku) _import_products FROM > _import_products > > GROUP BY ProductSku; > > > > UPDATE ps4_products > > INNER JOIN ps4_products ON (_import_products.ProductSku = > ps4_products.ProductSKU) > > SET ps4_products.ProductPrice = _import_products.ProductPrice; > > SET ps4_products.ProductWeight = _import_products.ProductWeight; > > SET ps4_products.ProductWidth = _import_products.ProductWidth; > > SET ps4_products.ProductHeight = _import_products.ProductHeight; > > SET ps4_products.ProductLength = _import_products.ProductLength; > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > > > > > -- > Baron Schwartz > Percona Inc <http://www.percona.com/> > Consulting, Training, Support & Services for MySQL > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > -- Claudio
