兩表mytable(姓名、性別、出生)與title(作者、文章標題、發表日期)通過name = writer關聯。若同名列(如兩表皆有name),必須用mytable.name/title.name消歧。
SELECT title, writer, birthaddr, birth
FROM mytable, title
WHERE mytable.name = title.writer AND title = 'a2';
結果:a2 | abccs | china | 1977-07-07
ALTER TABLE mytable ADD COLUMN single CHAR(1);
UPDATE mytable SET single='y' WHERE name='abccs';
驗證:SELECT * FROM mytable顯示abccs行single=y,其餘NULL。
ALTER TABLE大表時會鎖表,生產環境建議pt-online-schema-change或低峰執行UPDATE無WHERE將全表修改,永遠加WHERE