Question

I need to update 3 fields in a mySQL database table programmaticaly. I need to update label_id, label & company_id

What I need is an SQL query that allows me to indicate what the company_id is and the “label” fields and then have it generate the label ids automatically.

For example, create label="test", company_id="17"……and have it automatically generate the label_id. Any ideas on an sql query to do this? Table structure example:

label_id      label       company_id  
1             Cook        8  
2             Chef        8  
3             Driver      9  

Answer 1

If you’re needing the label_id to be generated automatically, it sounds like you’re talking about an INSERT rather than an actual UPDATE

INSERT INTO table_name(label, company_id) VALUES ("Company", 5)

This would require your table to be created, such as:

CREATE table_name (label_id int PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, label VARCHAR(255), company_id INT)