Can I add the values of a current column to an int

Databases
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Hello all,

I have 2 columns, total and last_value

can I do something like

UPDATE values SET total= total+3 WHERE id = 1

from the above query the total is the current total, can I do that in one query or first I have to get the current value in a query and then make a second one to update the value?

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I guess I was doing something wrong because that exact same query now works.