Mike Frederick writes: > Hello: > > I am testing a new product with MySQL, and so far have been very pleased, > especially with the performance. One enhancement that I was looking forward > to in 4.0 is described below: > > > Updates that run over multiple tables is harder to do in MySQL. This will, > however, be fixed in MySQL 4.0 with multi-table UPDATE and in MySQL 4.1 with > subselects. In MySQL 4.0 one can use multi-table deletes to delete from many > tables at the same time. See section 6.4.6 DELETE Syntax > > However, it appears the syntax for multi-table update has not been included > in the version I just downloaded, 4.0.0a. Please advise as to when this will > be available. I have several UPDATE queries that depend on multiple tables. > Since you also do not yet support subselects, with the multi-table update I > know of no way to port these queries to MySQL. Let me know if you have a > suggestion to do this. > > Thanks for a great product, I look forward to using it exclusively in our > new package. > > Mike Frederick > WayCool Software, Inc. >
Hi! Multi-table updates are comming in 4.0.2. Syntax will be described in a manual when the above version is released. -- Regards, __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Sinisa Milivojevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Fulltime Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Larnaca, Cyprus <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php