Question

Let’s say I have two column. DATE and STATUS.

When a new row comes in, STATUS has a default that gets set. Status has four values:

Not Answered, 
Just Asked (Default), 
Answered, 
Closed

Let’s say after 2 days, I would like it to automatically change to Not Answered, can I use mysql to do this? Or do I have to use some scripting language like PHP and run it daily?

Answer 1

This should be best accomplished with a cron script that you run every night.

UPDATE `my_table` SET status = 'Not answered' WHERE date = ADDDATE( now(), -2 );

You might need to check the date format 1st though.