Ah that's sheer genius! Thanks muchly, I never figured in to being able to use SQL with it's own "variables" so to speak - I'm sure I'll find more than one use for this new ability!
Much appreciated Ed :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:19 PM Subject: RE: A "current row updating" counter for a mass "Update" or similar? Sure, try this. I'm using 4.1.2 in case it matters. set @n=0; UPDATE Ranks_table SET Rank= (select @n:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ORDER BY Score DESC; Ed -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
