Update query problem
So I'm having a problem with an update query. I have three tables: Table: A Columns: acnt, name, company, email, domain Table: AM Columns: acnt, m_id Table: M Columns: m_id, name, company, email, domain and I want to conditionally update the columns in one to values from the other. i.e., I want to put the value of A.name into M.name, but only if M.name is currently NULL, AND A.name has a usable value (not an empty string). This is what I came up with, but it doesn't work - it only replaces the values where the column in M is not null. update A join AM on A.acnt = AM.acnt joinM on AM.m_id = M.m_id SET M.name= IF( (!M.nameAND A.name != ''),A.name,M.name), M.company = IF( (!M.company AND A.company != ''), A.company, M.company), M.email = IF( (!M.email AND A.email != ''), A.email, M.email), M.domain = IF( (!M.domain AND A.domain != ''), A.domain, M.domain) Any thoughts? THanks, andy -- Andy Wallace iHOUSEweb, Inc. awall...@ihouseweb.com (866) 645-7700 ext 219 -- There are two ways to build software: Make it so simple that there are obviously no bugs, or make it so complex that there are no obvious bugs. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
RE: Update query problem
Try using the IS NULL operator instead of ! -Travis -Original Message- From: Andy Wallace [mailto:awall...@ihouseweb.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:47 AM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Update query problem So I'm having a problem with an update query. I have three tables: Table: A Columns: acnt, name, company, email, domain Table: AM Columns: acnt, m_id Table: M Columns: m_id, name, company, email, domain and I want to conditionally update the columns in one to values from the other. i.e., I want to put the value of A.name into M.name, but only if M.name is currently NULL, AND A.name has a usable value (not an empty string). This is what I came up with, but it doesn't work - it only replaces the values where the column in M is not null. update A join AM on A.acnt = AM.acnt joinM on AM.m_id = M.m_id SET M.name= IF( (!M.nameAND A.name != ''),A.name,M.name), M.company = IF( (!M.company AND A.company != ''), A.company, M.company), M.email = IF( (!M.email AND A.email != ''), A.email, M.email), M.domain = IF( (!M.domain AND A.domain != ''), A.domain, M.domain) Any thoughts? THanks, andy -- Andy Wallace iHOUSEweb, Inc. awall...@ihouseweb.com (866) 645-7700 ext 219 -- There are two ways to build software: Make it so simple that there are obviously no bugs, or make it so complex that there are no obvious bugs. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=travis_...@hotmail.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
Update Query problem
Hi All!! I am writing a .sql file. I want to execute this file at runtime. One of the queries is :- update lotjobtemp set duedate = (select duedate from importparameters); This query generates an error as ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'select duedate from impor tparameters' at line 1. I guess this is because subselects fail in mysql. Can any one tell me how to overcome this problem. Regards Amit Lonkar __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.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
Re: Update Query problem
Dear Amit, update lotjobtemp set duedate = (select duedate from importparameters); In MySQL, you need 2 queries for this: SELECT @var:=duedate FROM importparameters; UPDATE lotjobtemp SET duedate = @var; Most probably, you will want to use a WHERE clause for both statments. To make this transaction safe, you can use InnoDB tables. Issue BEGIN before the SELECT statement and COMMIT after the UPDATE statement. HTH! -- Stefan Hinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geschäftsführer / CEO iConnect GmbH http://iConnect.de Heesestr. 6, 12169 Berlin (Germany) Tel: +49 30 7970948-0 Fax: +49 30 7970948-3 - Original Message - From: Amit Lonkar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: Update Query problem Hi All!! I am writing a .sql file. I want to execute this file at runtime. One of the queries is :- update lotjobtemp set duedate = (select duedate from importparameters); This query generates an error as ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'select duedate from impor tparameters' at line 1. I guess this is because subselects fail in mysql. Can any one tell me how to overcome this problem. Regards Amit Lonkar __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.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 - 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
