UPDATE

UPDATE

The table games shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.

games yr city 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London

The table number shows the year and the city hosting the Olympic Games.

number yr number 2000 1 2004 2 2008 3 2012 4

schema:scott

 DROP TABLE games

 CREATE TABLE games(
  yr INTEGER,
  city VARCHAR(20));
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2000,'Sydney');
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2004,'Athens');
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2008,'Beijing');
INSERT INTO games VALUES (2009,'London');

CREATE TABLE number(
  yr INTEGER,
  number VARCHAR(20));
INSERT INTO number VALUES (2000,'1');
INSERT INTO number VALUES (2004,'2');
INSERT INTO number VALUES (2008,'3');
INSERT INTO number VALUES (2009,'4');

The UPDATE statement can be used to change a values in rows that already exists. In this example we move the 2012 games from London to Paris.

UPDATE scott.games SET city='Paris' WHERE yr = 2012;
SELECT * FROM scott.games;

UPDATE games SET city='Paris' WHERE yr = 2012;
SELECT * FROM games;

See also

• INSERT .. SELECT