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SQL UPDATE Statement

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The SQL 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 used in the examples:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City P

1 Alfreds Futterkiste Maria Anders Obere Str. 57 Berlin 1

2 Ana Trujillo Emparedados Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 0

y helados Constitución 2222 D.F.

3 Antonio Moreno Taquería Antonio Moreno Mataderos 2312 México 0

D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 Hanover Sq. London W

5 Berglunds snabbköp Christina Berguvsvägen 8 Luleå S

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

ExampleGet 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:

CustomerI CustomerName ContactName Address City P

D

1 Alfreds Futterkiste Alfred Schmidt Obere Str. 57 Frankfurt 1

2 Ana Trujillo Emparedados Ana Trujillo Avda. de la México 0

y helados Constitución 2222 D.F.

3 Antonio Moreno Taquería Antonio Moreno Mataderos 2312 México 0

D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 Hanover Sq. London W

5 Berglunds snabbköp Christina Berguvsvägen 8 Luleå S

Berglund
UPDATE Multiple Records
It is the WHERE clause that determines how many records will be updated.

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

Example
UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName='Juan'
WHERE Country='Mexico';

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

CustomerI CustomerName ContactName Address City P

D

1 Alfreds Futterkiste Alfred Schmidt Obere Str. 57 Frankfurt 1

2 Ana Trujillo Emparedados Juan Avda. de la México 0

y helados Constitución 2222 D.F.

3 Antonio Moreno Taquería Juan Mataderos 2312 México 0

D.F.

4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 Hanover Sq. London W

5 Berglunds snabbköp Christina Berguvsvägen 8 Luleå S

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

Example
UPDATE Customers
SET ContactName='Juan';

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

CustomerI CustomerName ContactNam Address City P

D e

1 Alfreds Futterkiste Juan Obere Str. 57 Frankfurt 1

2 Ana Trujillo Emparedados y Juan Avda. de la México 0

helados Constitución 2222 D.F.

3 Antonio Moreno Taquería Juan Mataderos 2312 México 0

D.F.

4 Around the Horn Juan 120 Hanover Sq. London W

5 Berglunds snabbköp Juan Berguvsvägen 8 Luleå S

Test Yourself With Exercises

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

Customers
City = 'Oslo';

Submit Answer »

Start the Exercise

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