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MySQL UPDATE Statement

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The MySQL UPDATE Statement

The UPDATE statement is used to modify the existing records in a table.

UPDATE Syntax

UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHERE condition;

Note: Be careful when updating records in a table! Notice the WHERE clause in the
UPDATE statement. The WHERE clause specifies which record(s) that should be updated.
If you omit the WHERE clause, all records in the table will be updated!

Demo Database
Below is a selection from the "Customers" table in the Northwind sample database:
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1 Alfreds Maria Anders Obere Str. Berlin 12209
Futterkiste 57

2 Ana Trujillo Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 05021

Emparedados y Constitución D.F.
helados 2222

3 Antonio Moreno Antonio Mataderos México 05023

Taquería Moreno 2312 D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 London WA1 1DP

Hanover
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UPDATE Table
The following SQL statement updates the first customer (CustomerID = 1) with a new
contact person and a new city.

Example Get your own SQL Server

UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName = 'Alfred Schmidt', City = 'Frankfurt'
WHERE CustomerID = 1;

The selection from the "Customers" table will now look like this:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCod

1 Alfreds Alfred Schmidt Obere Str. Frankfurt 12209

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3 Antonio Moreno Antonio Mataderos México 05023

Taquería Moreno 2312 D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 London WA1 1DP

Hanover
Sq.

UPDATE Multiple Records

It is the WHERE clause that determines how many records will be updated.

The following SQL statement will update the PostalCode to 00000 for all records where
country is "Mexico":

Example

UPDATE Customers
SET PostalCode = 00000
WHERE Country = 'Mexico';

The selection from the "Customers" table will now look like this:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCod

1 Alfreds Alfred Schmidt Obere Str. Frankfurt 12209

Futterkiste 57

2 Ana Trujillo Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 00000

Emparedados y Constitución D.F.
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Taquería Moreno 2312 D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 London WA1 1DP

Hanover
Sq.

Update Warning!

Be careful when updating records. If you omit the WHERE clause, ALL records will be
updated!

Example

UPDATE Customers
SET PostalCode = 00000;

The selection from the "Customers" table will now look like this:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCod

1 Alfreds Alfred Schmidt Obere Str. Frankfurt 00000

Futterkiste 57

2 Ana Trujillo Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 00000

Emparedados y Constitución D.F.
helados 2222

3 Antonio Moreno Antonio Mataderos México 00000

 Taquería Moreno 2312 D.F.
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Test Yourself With Exercises

Exercise:
Update the City column of all records in the Customers table.

Customers
City = 'Oslo';

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