MySQL - UPDATE query based on SELECT Query

Question

I need to check (from the same table) if there is an association between two events based on date-time.

One set of data will contain the ending date-time of certain

Answer 1

I had an issue with duplicate entries in one table itself. Below is the approaches were working for me. It has also been advocated by @sibaz.

Finally I solved it using the below queries:

1. The select query is saved in a temp table

   IF OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#New_format_donor_temp', N'U') IS NOT NULL
       DROP TABLE #New_format_donor_temp;
   
   select *
   into #New_format_donor_temp
   from DONOR_EMPLOYMENTS
   where DONOR_ID IN (
     1, 2
   )
   
   -- Test New_format_donor_temp
   -- SELECT *
   -- FROM #New_format_donor_temp;
   

2. The temp table is joined in the update query.

   UPDATE de
   SET STATUS_CD=de_new.STATUS_CD, STATUS_REASON_CD=de_new.STATUS_REASON_CD, TYPE_CD=de_new.TYPE_CD
   FROM DONOR_EMPLOYMENTS AS de
     INNER JOIN #New_format_donor_temp AS de_new ON de_new.EMP_NO = de.EMP_NO
   WHERE
     de.DONOR_ID IN (
       3, 4
   )
   

I not very experienced with SQL please advise any better approach you know.

Above queries are for MySql server.