Multiple Updates in MySQL

Question

I know that you can insert multiple rows at once, is there a way to update multiple rows at once (as in, in one query) in MySQL?

Edit: For example I have the followi

Answer 1

You can alias the same table to give you the id's you want to insert by (if you are doing a row-by-row update:

UPDATE table1 tab1, table1 tab2 -- alias references the same table
SET 
col1 = 1
,col2 = 2
. . . 
WHERE 
tab1.id = tab2.id;

Additionally, It should seem obvious that you can also update from other tables as well. In this case, the update doubles as a "SELECT" statement, giving you the data from the table you are specifying. You are explicitly stating in your query the update values so, the second table is unaffected.