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Multi-column UPDATE

Update several columns in one UPDATE.

Update with WHERE

With WHERE you filter which rows to update. All matching rows change.

UPDATE products
SET category = 'indirim'
WHERE price < 10;

This query sets category to 'sale' for all products cheaper than 10.

In products, category = 'indirim' is updated. Only the rows where price < 10 holds are affected.

Update with WHERE — details

WHERE can update many rows at once. Write the condition carefully; a wrong condition makes unwanted changes.

Practice Update with WHERE

Set category to 'sale' for products cheaper than 10 in products.

Starter code

query.sql
-- conditional update
UPDATE products
SET
WHERE

Sample solution

query.sql
UPDATE products
SET category = 'indirim'
WHERE price < 10

Expected output

3 satır güncellendi

Questions and answers

Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.

1 Multi-column UPDATE: match the terms

Term Meaning
UPDATE update
SET new value
WHERE condition
comma separate

2 Conditional update

Question 
UPDATE products
SET category = 'indirim'
WHERE ____;
Answer 
UPDATE products
SET category = 'indirim'
WHERE price < 10;

Explanation: price < 10 is the right answer.

3 What does UPDATE products SET price=0 WHERE price < 5 do?

  • Sets every price to 0
  • Sets the price to 0 for items cheaper than 5 Correct answer
  • Nothing
  • Raises an error

Explanation: matching rows are updated.

All lessons in Beginner

1 SELECT basics

  1. What is SELECT?
  2. Selecting all columns
  3. Selecting specific columns
  4. Column aliases with AS
  5. Literal values
  6. Summary - SELECT basics

2 WHERE filtering

  1. What is WHERE?
  2. Comparison operators
  3. AND and OR
  4. IN and BETWEEN
  5. Pattern matching with LIKE
  6. Summary - WHERE filtering

3 Ordering and limit

  1. ORDER BY
  2. ASC and DESC
  3. Multi-column ordering
  4. LIMIT
  5. OFFSET
  6. Summary - Ordering and limit

4 Project: CRUD app

  1. Project design
  2. Reading data
  3. Inserting data
  4. Updating data
  5. Deleting data

5 Data types

  1. Integer types
  2. Decimal types
  3. CHAR and VARCHAR
  4. DATE and TIME
  5. BOOLEAN
  6. Summary - Data types

6 Operators

  1. Arithmetic operators
  2. Comparison operators
  3. Logical operators
  4. IS NULL
  5. String concatenation
  6. Summary - Operators

7 String functions

  1. UPPER and LOWER
  2. LENGTH
  3. SUBSTRING
  4. TRIM
  5. CONCAT
  6. Summary - String functions

8 Project: Shopping cart

  1. Cart design
  2. Listing products
  3. Adding to cart
  4. Calculating total
  5. Removing from cart

9 Number functions

  1. ROUND
  2. CEIL and FLOOR
  3. ABS
  4. POWER and SQRT
  5. MOD
  6. Summary - Number functions

10 Date functions

  1. CURRENT_DATE and NOW
  2. EXTRACT
  3. Date arithmetic
  4. DATEDIFF
  5. Date formatting
  6. Summary - Date functions

11 NULL handling

  1. What is NULL?
  2. IS NULL
  3. COALESCE
  4. NULLIF
  5. Three-valued logic
  6. Summary - NULL handling

12 DISTINCT

  1. What is DISTINCT?
  2. DISTINCT on one column
  3. Multi-column DISTINCT
  4. DISTINCT with aggregates
  5. DISTINCT vs GROUP BY
  6. Summary - DISTINCT

13 INSERT

  1. INSERT basics
  2. Inserting into specific columns
  3. Multiple rows
  4. INSERT with SELECT
  5. DEFAULT values
  6. Summary - INSERT

14 UPDATE

  1. UPDATE basics
  2. Conditional UPDATE
  3. Multi-column UPDATE
  4. Calculated updates
  5. UPDATE pitfalls
  6. Summary - UPDATE

15 DELETE

  1. DELETE basics
  2. Conditional DELETE
  3. DELETE vs TRUNCATE
  4. Emptying a table
  5. Safe deletion
  6. Summary - DELETE

16 CREATE TABLE

  1. CREATE TABLE basics
  2. Column definitions
  3. NOT NULL
  4. DEFAULT
  5. PRIMARY KEY
  6. Summary - CREATE TABLE

17 Constraints

  1. UNIQUE constraint
  2. CHECK constraint
  3. FOREIGN KEY
  4. CASCADE
  5. Constraint management
  6. Summary - Constraints

18 Simple JOIN

  1. What is JOIN?
  2. INNER JOIN
  3. The ON clause
  4. Table aliases
  5. Multi-table JOIN
  6. Summary - Simple JOIN

19 Project: Inventory system

  1. Inventory design
  2. Product table
  3. Stock movements
  4. Stock report
  5. Low stock alert

20 Beginner final

  1. Customer query
  2. Order report
  3. Data update
  4. Table redesign