How to UPDATE and SELECT at the same time in MySQL

Question

With a relationship with this question How UPDATE and SELECT at the same time and with this code:

UPDATE table SET foo=1 WHERE boo=2

SELECT * from table WHE         


        

Answer 1

Unfortunately, RETURNING is not supported by MySQL and therefore you need to write separate statements.

As an alternative, you can rely on a stored procedure.

The question of whether MySQL has a returning clause equivalent, in general, was addressed here: Mysql returning clause equivalent