Interview Question

What is UPDATE statement?

UPDATE changes selected existing rows.

💡 Concept ✅ Quick Revision 🗃️ SQL

Answer

UPDATE changes column values in existing rows. • SET defines the new values. • WHERE chooses which rows are updated. • Without WHERE, every row in the target table is eligible.

💡 SQL Example

UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.05 WHERE department_id = 10;

Result

UPDATE 4

⚡ Quick Revision

UPDATE changes selected existing rows.