update two tables at once

Question

I\'m using 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10 for my MySQL version.

UPDATE profiledata SET aboutyou = \'$aboutyou\', quotes = \'$quotes\' 
WHERE uid = \'$sess_uid\'
         


        

Answer 1

MySQL does have multi-table update support: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/update.html.

UPDATE profiledata, profileprivacy 
SET aboutYou = ..., aboutyouPrivacy = ... 
WHERE (profiledata.uid = $sess_uid) OR (aboutyouPrivacy.uid = $sess_uid)

or something similar should do the trick.

Answer 2

You can use a join like this:

$query = "UPDATE profiledata t1 
JOIN profileprivacy t2 ON (t1.uid = t2.uid) 
SET t1.aboutyou = '$aboutyou', 
    t1.quotes = '$quotes', 
    t2.aboutyouPrivacy = '$aboutyouPrivacy', 
    t2.quotesPrivacy = '$quotesPrivacy' 
WHERE t1.uid = '$sess_uid'";