Re: Updating rows from a query

2004-11-02 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Rasku [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am using the C API with MySQL 4.0.17 on QNX 6.2.1b. I want to update the rows that are returned as I get them. Is this possible. Here's a simplified version of what I am trying to do: query = select seqNo, priority

Re: Updating rows from a query

2004-11-02 Thread Stephen Rasku
On 02 Nov 2004 11:11:46 +0100, Harald Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], I guess this is an oversimplification. Often you can use a single SQL set operation instead of a loop. Your example would probably be the same as UPDATE packet SET timestamp = now()

Re: Updating rows from a query

2004-11-02 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stephen Rasku [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this is an oversimplification. Often you can use a single SQL set operation instead of a loop. Your example would probably be the same as UPDATE packet SET timestamp = now() WHERE timestamp now() - INTERVAL 15

Re: Updating rows from a query

2004-11-02 Thread Stephen Rasku
On 02 Nov 2004 18:27:52 +0100, Harald Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Maybe you should explain what you're trying to achieve, not what you think how to do it. Sure. I am using MySQL to store packets for transmission. I want to send the oldest, highest

Updating rows from a query

2004-11-01 Thread Stephen Rasku
I am using the C API with MySQL 4.0.17 on QNX 6.2.1b. I want to update the rows that are returned as I get them. Is this possible. Here's a simplified version of what I am trying to do: query = select seqNo, priority from packet where timestamp now() - interval 15 second order by priority

Re: Updating rows from a query

2004-11-01 Thread Paul DuBois
At 15:18 -0800 11/1/04, Stephen Rasku wrote: I am using the C API with MySQL 4.0.17 on QNX 6.2.1b. I want to update the rows that are returned as I get them. Is this possible. Here's a simplified version of what I am trying to do: query = select seqNo, priority from packet where timestamp now()