On 03/08/07, Nikola Miljkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [In the message "[sqlite] Re: how do i declare and use variables in sqlite?" > on Aug 2, 18:22, "Igor Tandetnik" writes:] > > Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > how do i declare and use variables in sqlite? > > > > You don't. You declare and use variables in whatever program you write > > that runs SQLite statements. > > > > Igor Tandetnik > > This is certainly true, but there might be cases where one wants > to keep certain results between sql statements and reuse them. > While this conceptual solution is certainly not the Variable > it sort of gets the job done. > > create temporary table vars (name text, value something); > -- > insert into vars set name="x", value=0; > -- > ... where something = (select value from vars where name="x")... > > I real life you might want to create better named temporary table > directly with select and use its values without having to > search through names. > If this is slow you can attach in memory database which would then > be used to store "variables". >
I tried doing this, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do the same thing with an UPDATE command ? Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
