UPDATE mytable SET myfield='value' WHERE other_field='other_value';

for x in xrange(10):
  sql = ''' UPDATE mytable SET myfield='value' WHERE other_field='other_value'; '''

UPDATE mytable
  SET myfield = CASE other_field
    WHEN 1 THEN 'value'
    WHEN 2 THEN 'value'
    WHEN 3 THEN 'value'
  END
WHERE id IN (1,2,3)

UPDATE categories
  SET display_order = CASE id
    WHEN 1 THEN 3
    WHEN 2 THEN 4
    WHEN 3 THEN 5
  END,
  title = CASE id
    WHEN 1 THEN 'New Title 1'
    WHEN 2 THEN 'New Title 2'
    WHEN 3 THEN 'New Title 3'
  END
WHERE id IN (1,2,3)

update_sql = ''' UPDATE mayi_order_image 
set order_city = %s
where user_ip = %s and dt = %s and id = %s 
 and user_ip is not null and (order_city is null or order_city = '' )
 '''
pp = []
for x in xrange(len(result)):
  ip = result[x][0]
  id_ = result[x][1]
  add = dbip.lookup(str(ip))
  adds = add.split('\t')
  address = str(adds[0]) + ','+str(adds[1] )+ ','+ str(adds[2])
  pp.append((address,ip,end,id_))
  if x%5000 == 0:
    saveLog_many(update_sql,pp)
    pp = []
saveLog_many(update_sql,pp)