At 9:45 +1000 3/13/03, JJ wrote:
That explains it then.... D'OH
Is there a workaround?
Thanks :-)
One way is to use a script that issues a join to figure out which
records to update, then constructs the appropriate UPDATE statements.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: UPDATE syntax help
At 8:33 +1000 3/13/03, MySQL wrote:
>Hi all, I am having a little UPDATE syntax issue. According to the
manual
According to the manual, this won't work until MySQL 4.x
>
>UPDATE EBA_USERS, IMPORT_USERS
>SET EBA_USERS.HUB_ID = IMPORT_USERS.HUB_ID,
>EBA_USERS.REP_LOCATION_ID = IMPORT_USERS.REP_LOCATION_ID,
>EBA_USERS.REP_FIRST_NAME = IMPORT_USERS.REP_FIRST_NAME,
>EBA_USERS.REP_LAST_NAME = IMPORT_USERS.REP_LAST_NAME,
>EBA_USERS.REP_DISABLED = IMPORT_USERS.REP_DISABLED
>WHERE EBA_USERS.REP_ID = IMPORT_USERS.REP_ID
>
>should work (as I understand it ;-) but I get the error
>
>ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ' IMPORT_USERS
>SET EBA_USERS.HUB_ID = IIMPORT_USERS.HUB_ID, EBA_USERS.REP_LOCATION_ID =
>IMPO' at line 1
>
>I did note in the comments section at the bottom someone else with
>same/similar problem, but have been unable to find a thread in the mail
>archive. My apologies if this has been dealt with already, or a
workaround
>suggested...
>
>MySQL 3.23.51-nt on a Win2K box
>MyODBC 3.51
>
>Thanks
>
>Jeff Creed
>Throbware
>
>(0417) 797 592
> >http://www.throbware.com.au
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