mysql-error-1093

You can’t specify target table for update in FROM clause

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I have a simple mysql table: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pers` ( `persID` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `name` varchar(35) NOT NULL, `gehalt` int(11) NOT NULL, `chefID` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`persID`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=4 ; INSERT INTO `pers` (`persID`, `name`, `gehalt`, `chefID`) VALUES (1, ‘blb’, 1000, 3), (2, ‘as’, 1000, 3), … Read more

MySQL Error 1093 – Can’t specify target table for update in FROM clause

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I have a table story_category in my database with corrupt entries. The next query returns the corrupt entries: SELECT * FROM story_category WHERE category_id NOT IN ( SELECT DISTINCT category.id FROM category INNER JOIN story_category ON category_id=category.id); I tried to delete them executing: DELETE FROM story_category WHERE category_id NOT IN ( SELECT DISTINCT category.id FROM … Read more