Query ranges

2007-02-03 Thread Jerry Jones
I am trying to do an update, where item numbers 1-9 get four 0's added to the front, 10-99 get three 0's etc. Here is my query so far: if image_location = 1 to 9 then update inventory_items set image_location = concat("", image_location) end if Looking at the mysql manual, it just says to do

Update queries

2007-02-02 Thread Jerry Jones
I need to run a query that will take the data from item_number field, add "-1.jpg" to the end of it, and store it in image_location I have tried update inventory_items set image_location = item_number + "-1.jpg"; but that just places the item number into the field, without the text in quotes. How

Update query question

2007-02-02 Thread Jerry Jones
I am new to mysql. I am trying to do a simple update query to update a field based on the contents of another field in the same table. Here is what I have. update inventory_items set name = "necklace" where description like "%necklace%"; I am not sure what is wrong. select * from inventory_items w