UPDATE

The UPDATE statement is used to modify data in a specified table.

Synopsis

UpdateStmt:

UpdateStmt

PriorityOpt:

PriorityOpt

TableRef:

TableRef

TableRefs:

TableRefs

AssignmentList:

AssignmentList

WhereClauseOptional:

WhereClauseOptional

Examples

mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1), (2), (3); Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec) Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM t1; +----+----+ | id | c1 | +----+----+ | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | +----+----+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> UPDATE t1 SET c1=5 WHERE c1=3; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) Rows matched: 1 Changed: 1 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM t1; +----+----+ | id | c1 | +----+----+ | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 5 | +----+----+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.

See also