Mysql update a row with another row value in same table

Question

I have a table. I want to update the 5th row with 10th row values from the same table. For example:

SlNo   Name Quali   Exp
1        x   B.E     2
2        y   BSC     3
3        Z   B.A     1.5
4        A   MSC     2
5        B   MBA     5

Here i want to update second row with the value of 5th row.

Here is my current query:

    UPDATE table 
      SET Name=(select Name from table where slNo='5'),
               Quali=(select Quali from  table where slNo='5'),
               Exp=(select Exp from table where slNo='5') 
      where slNo='3';

this is working fine ... but if there are more than 20 columns it becomes laborious to write a query this way, because for each column I have to include another sub-query... is there any other way to write query to update the whole row with all values from the other row in the same table?

Answer 1

Use a self-join with the multiple table UPDATE syntax:

UPDATE `table` AS t1 JOIN `table` AS t2 ON t2.slNo = 5
SET    t1.Name = t2.Name, t1.Quali = t2.Quali, t1.Exp = t2.Exp
WHERE  t1.slNo = 3