Hi Guys,

i am currently trying to make a script which will update a table based on the results of 2/3 selects previously executed in the script?</p?

I am relatively new to this and believe the SET would be best for this,

can you advise on the below?

This is the part i am looking at,

my $NULL = NULL;

set @query1 := (SELECT (field,) FROM table WHERE table='NULL' \G);
SELECT @query1 
set @query2 := (SELECT (field2) FROM table2 WHERE field2='NULL' \G);
SELECT @query2

IF (@query1) = $NULL { 
    set @query3 := (SELECT (field3) FROM table3 WHERE field3=(@query2)
+ AND field4 LIKE 'test');

set query 5 := (UPDATE table5 SET field5=(@query3) WHERE field6=(@quer
+y2);

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I would pretty much like to update a field in table A only if that field in the table = A, what i will be updating it to is the content within a field in Table B ( that field must also contain the word test within another field in Table B)

I hope this is clear what i would like to achieve, if not please let me know!

Thanks

Ashley

Update: Resolved. made a mistake :)

In reply to Require assistance with a query by Ashley Jordan

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