Version: 11.0

UPDATE

note

This article is about the UPDATE statement as part of the SQL syntax that USoft supports.

UPDATE

Modifies column values in one or more existing records in a table.

Syntax 1

UPDATE       *table-name*
SET          *column-name* = *expression*
[,           * column-name* = *expression* ...]
WHERE        ...

Syntax 2

UPDATE       *table-name*
SET
(
*column-name*
[,   *column-name* ...]
) =
(
*expression*
[,   *expression* ...]
)
WHERE        ...

The first SET clause is required. Further SET clauses (introduced by a comma) are optional. There is no point using Syntax 2 if you only have 1 SET clause.

In the UPDATE clause, table-name must be a literal table name. In the SET clause(s), column-name must be a literal column name in that table.SQL functions, aliases, and variable elements are not allowed in these places.

The equal symbol ( = ), or symbols, in the SET clause is NOT a comparison operator but a literal part of the "UPDATE... SET ... = ... " command. Expression is a column expression.

If you omit the optional WHERE clause, ALL columns of table are updated. Add a WHERE clause to restrict the operation to one record or a smaller number of records.

Example

In this example, each customer who has more assets than allowed in her country will get the status "Overrun":

UPDATE     customer c
SET        c.status = 'Overrun'
WHERE EXISTS
(
       SELECT   ''
       FROM     asset a
       RELATE   c "HAS" a
       HAVING   COUNT(*) >
       (
               SELECT   b.value
               FROM     boundary b
               WHERE    b.name = 'max_no_of_assets'
               AND      b.country = c.country_of_residence
       )
)

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