SQL update one column from another column in another table

Question

I read various post\'s prior to this. but none of them seemed to work for me.

As the title suggests, I am trying to update one column from a column in another table

Answer 1

According to MySQL documentation, to do a cross table update, you can't use a join (like in other databases), but instead use a where clause:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/update.html

I think something like this should work:

UPDATE User_Settings, Contacts
    SET User_Settings.Contact_ID = Contacts.ID
    WHERE User_Settings.Account_ID = Contacts.Account_ID