Question

I need a sql statement, to insert a new row in one database table and update an existing row in another database table based on some conditions.

Is there a way to do this? To insert a row in one table and update a row in another database table in one sql statement?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes, they are called Transactions, and are implemented with START TRANSACTION and COMMIT/ROLLBACK with something like:

START TRANSACTION;
  INSERT INTO ...
  UPDATE table2 SET name='TOTO' WHERE type=1;
COMMIT;

EDIT

This is not in fact one SQL query, but the operation is done atomically – and I think that is what you need.