SQL UPDATE

The SQL commands (UPDATE and DELETE) are used to modify the data that is already in the database. The SQL DELETE command uses a WHERE clause.

SQL UPDATE statement is used to change the data of the records held by tables. Which rows is to be update, it is decided by a condition. To specify condition, we use WHERE clause.

The UPDATE statement can be written in following form:

UPDATE table_name SET [column_name1= value1,... column_nameN = valueN] [WHERE condition]  

Let’s see the Syntax:

UPDATE table_name  

SET column_name = expression  

WHERE conditions 

Let’s take an example: here we are going to update an entry in the source table.

SQL statement:

UPDATE students  

SET User_Name = 'beinghuman'  

WHERE Student_Id = '3' 

Source Table:

Student_Id	FirstName	LastName	User_Name
1	Ada	Sharma	sharmili
2	Rahul	Maurya	sofamous
3	James	Walker	jonny

See the result after updating value:

Student_Id	FirstName	LastName	User_Name
1	Ada	Sharma	sharmili
2	Rahul	Maurya	sofamous
3	James	Walker	beinghuman

Updating Multiple Fields:

If you are going to update multiple fields, you should separate each field assignment with a comma.

SQL UPDATE statement for multiple fields:

UPDATE students  

SET User_Name = 'beserious', First_Name = 'Johnny'  

WHERE Student_Id = '3'

Result of the table is given below:

Student_Id	FirstName	LastName	User_Name
1	Ada	Sharma	sharmili
2	Rahul	Maurya	sofamous
3	Johnny	Walker	beserious

MYSQL SYNTAX FOR UPDATING TABLE:

UPDATE table_name  

SET field1 = new-value1, field2 = new-value2,  

[WHERE CLAUSE]

SQL UPDATE SELECT:

SQL UPDATE WITH SELECT QUERY:

We can use SELECT statement to update records through UPDATE statement.

SYNTAX:

UPDATE tableDestination  

SET tableDestination.col = value  

WHERE EXISTS (  

SELECT col2.value  

FROM  tblSource  

WHERE tblSource.join_col = tblDestination. Join_col  

AND  tblSource.Constraint = value) 

You can also try this one –

UPDATE   

Table   

SET  

Table.column1 = othertable.column 1,  

Table.column2 = othertable.column 2  

FROM   

Table  

INNER JOIN  

Other_table  

ON  

Table.id = other_table.id

My SQL SYNTAX:

If you want to UPDATE with SELECT in My SQL, you can use this syntax:

Let’s take an example having two tables. Here,

First table contains –

Cat_id, cat_name,

And the second table contains –

Rel_cat_id, rel_cat_name

SQL UPDATE COLUMN:

We can update a single or multiple columns in SQL with SQL UPDATE query.

SQL UPDATE EXAMPLE WITH UPDATING SINGLE COLUMN:

UPDATE students  

SET student_id = 001  

WHERE student_name = 'AJEET'; 

This SQL UPDATE example would update the student_id to ‘001’ in the student table where student_name is ‘AJEET’.

SQL UPDATE EXAMPLE WITH UPDATING MULTIPLE COLUMNS:

To update more than one column with a single update statement:

UPDATE students  

SET student_name = 'AJEET',  

Religion = 'HINDU'  

WHERE student_name = 'RAJU';

This SQL UPDATE statement will change the student name to ‘AJEET’ and religion to ‘HINDU’ where the student name is ‘RAJU’.