Re: Using SET in the INSERT statement

[Paul DuBois]

At 14:19 +1000 2/5/03, boclair wrote:
>I notice some of my colleagues using SET in INSERT statements.
>
>DuBois makes a short reference on  p565, DoorStop1.

The reference is short because there isn't much to say about it. :-)
The SET clause consists of col_name=value assignments, separated
by comma if there is more than one assignment.  That's all.

Other examples are on pp 40-41 (Doorstop I) or p48 (Doorstop II).

>
>The Manual has some mention in http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SET.html
>
>I sort of get it  but I am looking for a fuller explanation.
>
>Louise