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The SQL UPDATE statement is used to modify existing rows in a table. It requires specifying the table name, the column names and values to update, and can include a WHERE clause to identify which rows to update. Without a WHERE clause, all rows in the table will be updated. Examples show updating an employee's location where their id is 101, and increasing all employee salaries by 20%.

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SQL Commands

The SQL UPDATE statement is used to modify existing rows in a table. It requires specifying the table name, the column names and values to update, and can include a WHERE clause to identify which rows to update. Without a WHERE clause, all rows in the table will be updated. Examples show updating an employee's location where their id is 101, and increasing all employee salaries by 20%.

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SQL UPDATE Statement

The UPDATE Statement is used to modify the existing rows in a table.

The Syntax for SQL UPDATE Command is:


UPDATE SET column_name2 [WHERE condition] column_name1 = = value2, table_name value1, ...

table_name - the table name which has to be updated. column_name1, column_name2.. - the columns that gets changed. value1, value2... - are the new values. NOTE:In the Update statement, WHERE clause identifies the rows that get affected. If you do not include the WHERE clause, column values for all the rows get affected. For Example: To update the location of an employee, the sql update query would be like,

UPDATE SET WHERE id = 101;


To change the salaries of all the employees, the query would be,

employee location ='Mysore'

UPDATE SET salary = salary + (salary * 0.2);

employee

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