UPDATE table1 SET announcer = ( SELECT memberid
FROM ( table1
JOIN users ON table2.username = table1.announcer
) AS a
WHERE a.username = table1.announcer )
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server
version for the right syntax to use
near 'a where
a.username=table1.announcer)'
at line 1
Try:
UPDATE announcements a
SET announcer =
(SELECT memberid
FROM users u
WHERE u.username = a.announcer)
You can also do the JOIN in the UPDATE
UPDATE announcements JOIN users
SET announcements.announcer=users.memberid
WHERE announcements.username=users.username;
Note: For safty reasons (until your sure announcers get copied over right) I'd instead create a new column, say announcerNew then
UPDATE announcements JOIN users
SET announcements.announcerNew=users.memberid
WHERE announcements.username=users.username;