perhaps the problem was that the table didn't have any unique indexes.

anyway, update did the trick I needed...

mysql> UPDATE horde_datatree_attributes SET attribute_value = \
"Administrator" where datatree_id = "525";

Thanks

Craig

On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 08:38 -0700, Alex Dean wrote:
> REPLACE shouldn't have given an error.  If REPLACE doesn't find a match 
> on a unique index, it should just insert a new row, not cause an error.  
> Perhaps it's the double-quotes?
> 
> alex
> 
> Craig White wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 23:14 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>no unique index in this particular table...
> >>
> >>mysql> REPLACE INTO horde_datatree_attributes attribute_value VALUES \
> >>"Administrator" where datatree_id = '525';
> >>
> >>ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'attribute_value
> >>VALUES "Administrator" where datatree_id = '525'' at line 1
> >>
> >>how do I do this?
> >>    
> >>
> >----
> >UPDATE - not REPLACE
> >
> >nevermind
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Craig
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