I'm having difficulty copying the results of this query (a column titled "FIPminus") into a table starting_pitcher_stats that I have in the same database.
When I run the following code, the results appear as in the screenshot beneath the code below. However, when I use an UPDATE statement below the ALTER TABLE statement, as discussed in the following thread, I keep getting the following error:
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 'SELECT
IF(s.HomeAway_CD ='Home'
stackoverflow.com/questions/13317838/how-to-insert-a-query-result-into-a-column-mysql
ALTER TABLE starting_pitcher_stats ADD COLUMN FIPminus DOUBLE;
SELECT
IF(s.HomeAway_CD ='Home'
,((((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP + (((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP - (((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP * (p.Basic_PF/100))))/(b.FIP)*100)
,(((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP/(b.FIP)*100)) AS FIPminus
FROM starting_pitcher_game_log AS s
INNER JOIN GUTS AS g
ON s.YEAR_ID=g.YEAR_ID
INNER JOIN Park_Factors AS p
ON s.YEAR_ID=p.YEAR_ID AND s.FLD_TEAM_ID=p.Team_ID
INNER JOIN AL_NL_MLB_lg_avg_pitcher_stats AS b
ON s.YEAR_ID=b.YEAR_ID AND s.lg_ID=b.lg_ID WHERE b.pitcher_type='starter'
GROUP BY s.Starting_Pitcher, s.GAME_ID
Here is a screenshot of the structure of the table I'd like to copy into:
UPDATE: Here is the code that I used with the UPDATE statement that produced the error:
ALTER TABLE starting_pitcher_stats ADD COLUMN FIPminus DOUBLE;
UPDATE starting_pitcher_stats
SELECT
IF(s.HomeAway_CD ='Home'
,((((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP + (((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP - (((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP * (p.Basic_PF/100))))/(b.FIP)*100)
,(((13*s.HR_a)+(3*(s.walks_a+s.HBP))-(2*s.strike_outs))/s.innings_pitched + g.cFIP/(b.FIP)*100)) AS FIPminus
FROM starting_pitcher_game_log AS s
INNER JOIN GUTS AS g
ON s.YEAR_ID=g.YEAR_ID
INNER JOIN Park_Factors AS p
ON s.YEAR_ID=p.YEAR_ID AND s.FLD_TEAM_ID=p.Team_ID
INNER JOIN AL_NL_MLB_lg_avg_pitcher_stats AS b
ON s.YEAR_ID=b.YEAR_ID AND s.lg_ID=b.lg_ID WHERE b.pitcher_type='starter'
GROUP BY s.Starting_Pitcher, s.GAME_ID
Thank you in advance.
UPDATE: Here is the code that worked, but it took ridiculously long to run:
ALTER TABLE starting_pitcher_stats ADD COLUMN FIPminus DOUBLE;
UPDATE starting_pitcher_stats AS s
SET FIPminus = (SELECT f.FIPminus FROM FIPminus AS f
WHERE s.Starting_Pitcher=f.Starting_Pitcher AND s.GAME_ID=f.GAME_ID)
From what I understand you already populated your table FIPminus
with values that you now need to update starting_pitcher_stats
table with.
You can use JOIN
syntax in UPDATE
command.
UPDATE
starting_pitcher_stats AS s
INNER JOIN FIPminus AS f ON
s.Starting_Pitcher = f.Starting_Pitcher AND s.GAME_ID = f.GAME_ID
SET FIPminus = f.FIPminus
If your query is running relatively slow for you, consider creating indexes (before running update !) which would include columns used in comparison on both tables:
ALTER TABLE FIPminus ADD INDEX (Starting_Pitcher, GAME_ID);
ALTER TABLE starting_pitcher_stats ADD INDEX (Starting_Pitcher, GAME_ID);
You could also read about speed of UPDATE statements and decide whether or not it is relevant for you.