newbie: increment an existing record

2004-03-19 Thread miasmo
Is there a mysql command that will increment the value of a field in an existing row? I would think this would be pretty basic, but I can't seem to find anything in the online documentation. Thanks, Jim -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To

Re: newbie: increment an existing record

2004-03-19 Thread Sasha Pachev
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a mysql command that will increment the value of a field in an existing row? I would think this would be pretty basic, but I can't seem to find anything in the online documentation. update t1 set f = f + 1 -- Sasha Pachev Create online surveys at

Re: newbie: increment an existing record

2004-03-19 Thread beacker
Is there a mysql command that will increment the value of a field in an existing row? I would think this would be pretty basic, but I can't seem to find anything in the online documentation. update t1 set f = f + 1 Unfortunately that will update all the records in the database. It's

Re: newbie: increment an existing record

2004-03-19 Thread miasmo
Brad That is indeed what I ended up doing, and it worked. Thanks. Jim On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 02:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a mysql command that will increment the value of a field in an existing row? I would think this would be pretty basic, but I can't seem to find

Re: newbie: increment an existing record

2004-03-19 Thread Brad Eacker
Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's likely he would prefer to update a particular record via update t1 set f = f + 1 where id = 1234; Which will update only the record matching the id of 1234. That is indeed what I ended up doing, and it worked. Thanks. Jim, It's good to hear that