not only that, but you seem to be missing any SET field = value to cause updates to occur. I suspect the reason that the ORDER BY is rejected is be cause the database wants to use an index determined from your where clause to optimize the update process. Keep in mind that no rows are returned to you from an update (which is where the ORDER BY is important).
Warren Vail Tools, Metrics & Quality Processes (415) 667-7814 Pager (877) 774-9891 215 Fremont 02-658 -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] newbie: mysql statement I want to update the most recent record (based on the timestamp in field posted) where the parent field == a specified value (in a table called header). I tried the following mysql statement: "UPDATE header WHERE parent = '$this->postid' ORDER by posted SET parent='$this->parent' LIMIT1"; but apparently you can't use ORDER in an UPDATE statement. If I take order out, the statement works. That being true (and please correct me if its not) how can I ensure that the newest record is the one being acted upon? Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
