Select and Update in same query

Question

Can you select and update in the same query? I\'m trying to count views to create a top blog posts by views for my sidebar.

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Answer 1

No, you cannot do that, but there is nothing wrong with doing two queries.

       mysql_query("UPDATE pages SET views=views+1 WHERE ID=$id");
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM articles WHERE id=$id");

Also, if id is the primary key you don't have to do LIMIT 1 here, id is unique, therefore it will always have only one result matching your condition.