MySQL #1093 - You can't specify target table 'giveaways' for update in FROM clause

Question

I tried:

UPDATE giveaways SET winner = \'1\' WHERE ID = (SELECT MAX(ID) FROM giveaways)

But it gives:

#1093 - Yo

Answer 1

Make use of TEMP TABLE:

as follows:

UPDATE TABLE_NAME SET TABLE_NAME.IsActive=TRUE
WHERE TABLE_NAME.Id IN (
    SELECT Id
    FROM TEMPDATA
);

CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE TEMPDATA
SELECT MAX(TABLE_NAME.Id) as Id
FROM TABLE_NAME
GROUP BY TABLE_NAME.IncidentId;

SELECT * FROM TEMPDATA;

DROP TABLE TEMPDATA;