How to implement a counter?

Hi,
I want to implement a hit counter using SQL.
I was going to just have one per day in the year.
I would like it if there were an atomic incrementer
in SQL so that if a numeric column let's say
had a value of 5, I could just automatically
increment it to 6 with one SQL command,
without worrying about doing a select, delete,
and insert, which could be interrupted.
Is there a command for this, however?
Thanks.

Flarky wrote:

> Hi,
> I want to implement a hit counter using SQL.
> I was going to just have one per day in the year.
> I would like it if there were an atomic incrementer
> in SQL so that if a numeric column let's say
> had a value of 5, I could just automatically
> increment it to 6 with one SQL command,
> without worrying about doing a select, delete,
> and insert, which could be interrupted.
> Is there a command for this, however?
> Thanks.


UPDATE table SET col = col+1 WHERE ...;


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> UPDATE table SET col = col+1 WHERE ...;

Depending on the version used (>4.1, I think), you can even
Combine an insert with an update:

INSERT INTO SomeTable(CounterName, Hits) VALUES('JustAName', 1) ON
DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE Hits = Hits + 1;

You'd need a uniqueness constraint on the CounterName column for this to
work.

Best regards