To update one column data to another column, you can use UPDATE command.
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( UserId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, UserFirstName varchar(20), ListOfName varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.59 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName,ListOfName) values('John','Larry');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.29 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName,ListOfName) values('Carol',null);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName,ListOfName) values('David','Sam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName,ListOfName) values('Bob',null);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(UserFirstName,ListOfName) values(null,null);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)Following is the query to display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------+---------------+------------+ | UserId | UserFirstName | ListOfName | +--------+---------------+------------+ | 1 | John | Larry | | 2 | Carol | NULL | | 3 | David | Sam | | 4 | Bob | NULL | | 5 | NULL | NULL | +--------+---------------+------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to update one column data with another column if the 2nd column is NOT NULL −
mysql> update DemoTable set UserFirstName=ListOfName where ListOfName is not null; Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.26 sec) Rows matched: 2 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0
Let us check the column UserFirstName is updated or not.
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------+---------------+------------+ | UserId | UserFirstName | ListOfName | +--------+---------------+------------+ | 1 | Larry | Larry | | 2 | Carol | NULL | | 3 | Sam | Sam | | 4 | Bob | NULL | | 5 | NULL | NULL | +--------+---------------+------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)