UPDATE TABLE

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

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!

Example

UPDATE Customers
SET CName = 'Ankit', City= 'Chennai'
WHERE CustomerID = 1;

Update multiple records

UPDATE Customers
SET CreditPoints= 100
WHERE City='Chennai';

Example
All the employees except the manager of department (WORKDEPT) 'E21' have
been temporarily reassigned.
-- Indicate this by changing their job (JOB) to NULL and their pay
-- (SALARY, BONUS, COMM) values to zero in the EMPLOYEE table.

UPDATE EMPLOYEE
SET JOB=NULL, SALARY=0, BONUS=0, COMM=0
WHERE WORKDEPT = 'E21' AND JOB <> 'MANAGER'