copy one column from one table to another

Question

I am confused about how to copy a column from one table to another table using where. I wrote SQL query but it says transaction lock time exceeded or query returns more than one

Answer 1

I do not believe you need a sub query.

UPDATE results, build
SET    results.platform_to_insert = build.correct_platform
WHERE  results.BuildID = build.BuildID

Answer 2

There are two options here:

1. update your tables to use BuildID as a primary key (to avoid duplicates)

2. update your subquery to only return one result

   UPDATE results SET results.platform_to_insert = (
       SELECT correct_platform
       FROM build
       WHERE results.BuildID=build.BuildID LIMIT 1
   );