Re: Unclear on UPDATE versus INSERT, and a simple query that is not working

2005-09-15 Thread Dave
UPDATE forums_members,members SET forums_members.active=members.active WHERE forums_members.member_id = members.id Oh, I see. I now feel a little foolish as I should have grasped that. For some reason I assumed that by specifying where to get the data from, it would be assumed that's what t

Re: Unclear on UPDATE versus INSERT, and a simple query that is not working

2005-09-15 Thread Pooly
2005/9/15, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > MySQL General List, > > Server specifications: > MySQL 4.1.3-beta, phpMyAdmin 2.5.7-pl1, PHP 4.3.8 > My specifications: > MySQL beginner, PHP intermediate, HTML and CSS advanced. > > The situation: > I have two tables, one old, and one new. In bo

Unclear on UPDATE versus INSERT, and a simple query that is not working

2005-09-15 Thread Dave
MySQL General List, Server specifications: MySQL 4.1.3-beta, phpMyAdmin 2.5.7-pl1, PHP 4.3.8 My specifications: MySQL beginner, PHP intermediate, HTML and CSS advanced. The situation: I have two tables, one old, and one new. In both tables I have a column called "active", which is either