mysql query to update field to max(field) + 1

Question

What I want to do is:

UPDATE table SET field = MAX(field) + 1 WHERE id IN (1, 3, 5, 6, 8);

The semantics of this statement, in my mind, wou

Answer 1

Try

UPDATE TABLE set field = ((SELECT selected_value FROM (SELECT MAX(field) AS selected_value FROM table) AS sub_selected_value) + 1) WHERE id in (1,3,5,6,8)