CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) NOT NULL, `c2` datetime DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`c1`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c0` varchar(10) NOT NULL, `c1` int(11) NOT NULL, `c2` int(11) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`c0`,`c1`), KEY `c1` (`c1`), KEY `c2` (`c2`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE `t3` ( `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `c1` datetime NOT NULL, `c2` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `c3` int(4) unsigned NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`id`), KEY `c2` (`c2`), KEY `c3` (`c3`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE TABLE `t4` ( `c1` int(11) NOT NULL, `c2` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL, `c3` int(11) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED VIEW `v1` AS select `t4`.`c1` AS `c1`,`t4`.`c2` AS `c2`,`t4`.`c3` AS `c3` from `t4`; UPDATE t1 a JOIN t2 b ON a.c1 = b.c1 JOIN v1 vw ON b.c2 = vw.c1 JOIN t3 del ON vw.c2 = del.c2 SET a.c2 = ( SELECT max(t.c1) FROM t3 t, v1 i WHERE del.c2 = t.c2 AND vw.c3 = i.c3 AND t.c3 = 4 ) WHERE a.c2 IS NULL OR a.c2 < '2011-05-01'; drop view v1; drop table t1,t2,t3,t4;