Append new value to existing value of column in MySQL

Question

I'm new to Python and MySQL. I have a database named examples in my localhost which has 3 columns.

mysql> select * from words;
+----+--------+------------------------------------+
| id | userid | inputs                             |
+----+--------+------------------------------------+
|  1 | aneesh | company's names wow!!! how? etc... |
+----+--------+------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

The inputs column can contain any characters (so i have given text datatype)

I want to write a python code which takes all values (words numbers and special characters) from user input and store it in the inputs column in the db without altering the previous values (like append in lists).

eg :-

raw_input("Enter Anything:  ")
Enter Anything:  (abcd) awesome!!! @aneesh #tags

Now the values in inputs column should be

company's names wow!!! how? etc... (abcd) is awesome!!! @aneesh #tags 

Yeah...and I want access those values as words separately so that I can further process it to compare and give error if user enters the word that already exists next time.

Any Idea how can I do that?

Answer 1

You can write and update statement and keep appending it with existing value.

Assuming v_input is what you get from user input and for v_userid

 UPDATE words SET inputs = CONCAT(inputs, v_input) WHERE userid =v_userid