Following is the syntax executing the plus (+) operator −
update yourTableName set yourColumnName3=(yourColumnName1+yourColumnName2)
The above syntax is only for plus operator. You need to change symbol like -,*,/ for other operations. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Number1 int, -> Number2 int, -> AddResult int, -> MinusResult int, -> MultiplyResult int, -> DivideResult int -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.89 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable(Number1,Number2) values(40,20); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ | Number1 | Number2 | AddResult | MinusResult | MultiplyResult | DivideResult | +---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ | 40 | 20 | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | +---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to execute operations like plus, minus, multiply and divide while using UPDATE in MySQL −
mysql> update DemoTable set AddResult=(Number1+Number2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0 mysql> update DemoTable set MinusResult=(Number1-Number2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0 mysql> update DemoTable set MultiplyResult=(Number1*Number2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0 mysql> update DemoTable set DivideResult=(Number1/Number2); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0
Let us check the table records once again −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ | Number1 | Number2 | AddResult | MinusResult | MultiplyResult | DivideResult | +---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ | 40 | 20 | 60 | 20 | 800 | 2 | +---------+---------+-----------+-------------+----------------+--------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)