INSERT INTO ... SELECT FROM ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
insert-update, mysql
Solution
MySQL will assume the part before the equals references the columns named in the INSERT INTO clause, and the second part references the SELECT columns.
INSERT INTO lee(exp_id, created_by, location, animal, starttime, endtime, entct,
inact, inadur, inadist,
smlct, smldur, smldist,
larct, lardur, lardist,
emptyct, emptydur)
SELECT id, uid, t.location, t.animal, t.starttime, t.endtime, t.entct,
t.inact, t.inadur, t.inadist,
t.smlct, t.smldur, t.smldist,
t.larct, t.lardur, t.lardist,
t.emptyct, t.emptydur
FROM tmp t WHERE uid=x
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE entct=t.entct, inact=t.inact, ...
Problem
I'm doing an insert query where most of many columns would need to be updated to the new values if a unique key already existed. It goes something like this: ``` INSERT INTO lee(exp_id, created_by, location, animal, starttime, endtime, entct, inact, inadur, inadist, smlct, smldur, smldist, larct, lardur, lardist, emptyct, emptydur) SELECT id, uid, t.location, t.animal, t.starttime, t.endtime, t.entct, t.inact, t.inadur, t.inadist, t.smlct, t.smldur, t.smldist, t.larct, t.lardur, t.lardist, t.emptyct, t.emptydur FROM tmp t WHERE uid=x ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE ...; //update all fields to values from SELECT, // except for exp_id, created_by, location, animal, // starttime, endtime ``` I'm not sure what the syntax for the `UPDATE` clause should be. How do I refer to the current row from the `SELECT` clause?