Re: MySQL Increment/Decrement

From: Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:53:13 +0000
Subject: Re: MySQL Increment/Decrement
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Ben It seems that you can just update the column with a update query like this, update table set field = field + 1 where some condition This might be the thing you need. Eric On 12/29/09, Ben Miller <ben@tottd.com> wrote: > > I hope this isn't a bone-head question - Is there a MySQL query that will > increment/decrement the value in an integer column with a single query - in > other words, I don't have to run a SELECT query to get the value, > add/subtract to/from the value, and then run an UPDATE query to store the > new value? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Ben > >

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