On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 02:48:26PM -0000, Matthew Darcy wrote: > > in Oracle I have a test database. there are 2 tables table1 and > table2. > > there is a field on both tables called account_number. on table 1 it > is set to auto increment. > > I have set up a trigger so that when a number is generated in table1 > it copies the number to account_number on table 2. > > Can this be done in mysql and how ?
MySQL does not yet have triggers, no. You'd have to code this in your application logic, probably using the LAST_INSERT_ID() value. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 7 days, processed 190,959,604 queries (288/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
