MySQL - Trigger for updating same table after insert

Question

Here\'s what I\'m trying to do:

When there\'s a new INSERT into the table ACCOUNTS, I need to update the row in ACCOUNTS where

Answer 1

This is how I update a row in the same table on insert

activationCode and email are rows in the table USER. On insert I don't specify a value for activationCode, it will be created on the fly by MySQL.

Change username with your MySQL username and db_name with your db name.

CREATE DEFINER=`username`@`localhost` 
       TRIGGER `db_name`.`user_BEFORE_INSERT` 
       BEFORE INSERT ON `user` 
       FOR EACH ROW
         BEGIN
            SET new.activationCode = MD5(new.email);
         END