update a field with multiple value
Hi, I am trying to to update one field with multiple value. I tried with regulare update command syntax does not work. How to update a field with multiple value. regular update syntax is this, UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A' WHERE variable is null; but what I want to do is UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A, B' WHERE variable is null; when I use that command, mysql does not understand the syntax. How to update a field with multiple value or with an array? +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + + +-+ but I want to update this column into +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + A, B + +-+ thank you in advance. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
Re: update a field with multiple value
Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18/03/2005 16:54:09: Hi, I am trying to to update one field with multiple value. I tried with regulare update command syntax does not work. How to update a field with multiple value. regular update syntax is this, UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A' WHERE variable is null; but what I want to do is UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A, B' WHERE variable is null; when I use that command, mysql does not understand the syntax. How to update a field with multiple value or with an array? +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + + +-+ but I want to update this column into +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + A, B + +-+ MySQL does not support arrays of data in one field. You cannot enter multiple entries into a numeric field. You could, of course, enter it as a string, but this is regarded as very bad practice. Most users would inquire why you need to do this, and suggest that you should be reconsidering your table design if you need this sort of facility. Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: update a field with multiple value
Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/18/2005 11:54:09 AM: Hi, I am trying to to update one field with multiple value. I tried with regulare update command syntax does not work. How to update a field with multiple value. regular update syntax is this, UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A' WHERE variable is null; but what I want to do is UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A, B' WHERE variable is null; when I use that command, mysql does not understand the syntax. How to update a field with multiple value or with an array? +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + + +-+ but I want to update this column into +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + A, B + +-+ thank you in advance. Assuming that your column is declared as a SET datatype (as that is the only multivalue type MySql supports), you would update that column with the command you gave EXCEPT you would remove the space between the comma and B. UPDATE variableinfo set variable ='A,B' WHERE variable is null; See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/set.html for more examples. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
Re: update a field with multiple value
Hello. but what I want to do is UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A, B' WHERE variable is null; when I use that command, mysql does not understand the syntax. How to update a field with multiple value or with an array? Multiple values could hold the SET columns, But I think that this is not exactly what you want. See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/set.html Does MySQL server produce an error on your update statement? The syntax looks correct. Eko Budiharto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: us-ascii, 35 lines --] Hi, I am trying to to update one field with multiple value. I tried with regulare update command syntax does not work. How to update a field with multiple value. regular update syntax is this, UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A' WHERE variable is null; but what I want to do is UPDATE variableInfo SET variable='A, B' WHERE variable is null; when I use that command, mysql does not understand the syntax. How to update a field with multiple value or with an array? +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + + +-+ but I want to update this column into +-+ + variable + +-+ + + + A, B + +-+ thank you in advance. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ /Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET ___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
