SET Clause

Use the SET clause to identify the columns to be updated and assign values to each column.

The SET clause supports the following syntax formats:
  • A single-column format, which pairs each column with a single expression
  • A multiple-column format, which associates a list of multiple columns with the values returned by one or more expressions
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SET Clause

1  SET
1  %Single-Column Format1
1 2  %Multiple-Column Format3
Notes:
The following UPDATE statement uses the single-column format of the SET clause to change the value of the customer.city column of any existing row whose value in the customer.customer_num column is 103.
UPDATE customer
   SET city = 'Alviso'
      WHERE customer_num = 103;
If no row has 103 as its customer_num column value, this example has no effect on the customer table.