MySQL limit inside of the subquery produces error - mysql

Question

I'm receiving:
[Err] 1235 - This version of MySQL doesn't yet support 'LIMIT & IN/ALL/ANY/SOME subquery'
While executing the following query:
UPDATE account.account
SET STATUS = 'BLOCK'
WHERE
id IN (
SELECT
p.account_id
FROM
log.log
LEFT JOIN player.player p ON (p.id = log.who)
WHERE
vnum = 71054
AND how = 'BUY'
GROUP BY
log.`who`
HAVING
COUNT(log.who) > 2
LIMIT 10
);
Is there a posibility to rewrite this query so MySQL could execute it?

Answer 1

The solution is to join against a subquery rather than use an IN(). The INNER JOIN will only return rows in account matching ids from the limited subquery. It is then possible to do the UPDATE without a WHERE clause.
Update
account.account AS account
INNER JOIN (
SELECT
p.account_id
FROM
log.log
LEFT JOIN player.player p ON (p.id = log.who)
WHERE
vnum = 71054
AND how = 'BUY'
GROUP BY log.`who`
HAVING COUNT(log.who) > 2
LIMIT 10
) subq ON account.id = subq.id
SET STATUS='BLOCK'
To verify the rows that would be modified, use a SELECT first:
SELECT
account.*
FROM
account.account
INNER JOIN (
SELECT
p.account_id
FROM
log.log
LEFT JOIN player.player p ON (p.id = log.who)
WHERE
vnum = 71054
AND how = 'BUY'
GROUP BY log.`who`
HAVING COUNT(log.who) > 2
LIMIT 10
) subq ON account.id = subq.id