Update mysql table every twenty four hours automatically

Question

I was wondering how I could set up a script (I\'m assuming it would be a cron job) that would reset a field in a mysql table every twenty four hours back to zero. I would want i

Answer 1

What about using the MySql event scheduler itself?

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/events-overview.html

Answer 2

create a python script that connects to the mysql table and performs the update query.

Create a cron job that runs 1 time every day that executes:

python updateValue.py

It is quite easy, and the best way I can think of doing it.

The crontab argument would look like:

0 0 * * * python updateValue.py