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MySQL UPDATE Statement

The UPDATE statement is used to update any existing records in the table that matches the where clause.

Syntax for UPDATE statement

UPDATE table_name 
set column_1=value_1 
where condition;

We shall work on the following demo table.

empno	name	age	role	location
001	Andrew	30	Manager	India
002	Beslin	28	Business Analyst	India
003	Joanna	23	Senior Developer	USA
004	Rayan	26	Technical Lead	Canada

We shall write a query to update the record of the employeewith empno 002.

update employee
set name='Beslin Pajila'
where empno=002;

The update statement is not restricted to single record. If the condition satisfies multiple records then it will update all the records of the table.

MySQL UPDATE Statement

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