mysql update from select code example

Example 1: mysql update from select

UPDATE t1
SET t1.COL1 = t2.COL1, t1.COL2 = t2.COL2
FROM MY_TABLE AS t1
INNER JOIN MY_OTHER_TABLE AS t2 ON t1.COLID = t2.ID
WHERE t1.COL3 = 'OK';

Example 2: mysql update query

UPDATE table_name SET field1 = 'value 1', field2 = 'value 2'
WHERE field3 = 'value 3'

Example 3: update set mysql

UPDATE tableName SET anAttribute = 'Something' WHERE anOtherAttribute = 'SomethingElse'

//All 'SomethingElse' values will become 'Something'

Example 4: update all rows mysql

UPDATE tableName SET columnName = yourValue;
#to update multiple columns:
UPDATE tableName SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2; #and so on

Example 5: mysql select update same table

UPDATE
    products_description pd INNER JOIN products_description pd2 ON
    (pd.products_id=pd2.products_id AND pd2.language_id=1 AND pd.language_id<>1)
SET pd.products_seo = pd2.products_seo;

Example 6: update table mysql

-- Things in brackets are optional
-- IGNORE modifier updates rows even if errors occur (ie: the rows that cause errors are simply not updated)
UPDATE [IGNORE] table_name 
SET 
    column_name1 = expr1,
    column_name2 = expr2,
    ...
[WHERE 
    condition]; -- WHERE tells us which rows to update based on said condition

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