MySql UPDATE query syntax with example

In this article we will see "How to use UPDATE in MySql" to update data in a table and "UPDATE query syntax with example".

UPDATE query in MySql syntax

The UPDATE statement is used to update data in a table, syntax is as follows.

UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHERE condition;

UPDATE query in MySql example

The UPDATE statement is used to update data in a table, as shown below:

/*Example EMPLOYEE table */
+----+--------+---------+
| id | name   | email   |
+----+--------+---------+
|  1 | name-1 | email-1 |
|  2 | name-2 | email-2 |
|  3 | name-3 | email-3 |
|  4 | name-4 | email-4 |
|  5 | name-1 | email-5 |
|  6 | name-2 | email-6 |
+----+--------+---------+

We will now apply UPDATE on above table to update name column based on id:

UPDATE EMPLOYEE SET name = 'updated name' WHERE id = 4;

Output: Output will be something like this:

/* Table data after updation*/
+----+--------------+---------+
| id | name         | email   |
+----+--------------+---------+
|  1 | name-1       | email-1 |
|  2 | name-2       | email-2 |
|  3 | name-3       | email-3 |
|  4 | updated name | email-4 |
|  5 | name-1       | email-5 |
|  6 | name-2       | email-6 |
+----+--------------+---------+

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