Insert the same fixed value into multiple rows - mysql

I've got a table with a column, lets call it table_column that is currently null for all rows of the table. I'd like to insert the value "test" into that column for all rows. Can someone give me the SQL for this?
I've tried INSERT INTO table (table_column) VALUES ("test"); but that only populates that last row. How do I do all of the rows at once?


You're looking for UPDATE not insert.
UPDATE mytable
SET table_column = 'test';
UPDATE will change the values of existing rows (and can include a WHERE to make it only affect specific rows), whereas INSERT is adding a new row (which makes it look like it changed only the last row, but in effect is adding a new row with that value).


This is because in relational database terminology, what you want to do is not called "inserting", but "UPDATING" - you are updating an existing row's field from one value (NULL in your case) to "test"
UPDATE your_table SET table_column = "test"
WHERE table_column = NULL
You don't need the second line if you want to update 100% of rows.


To update the content of existing rows use the UPDATE statement:
UPDATE table_name SET table_column = 'test';


What you're actually doing is adding rows. To update the content of existing rows use the UPDATE statement:
UPDATE table SET table_column = 'test';


UPDATE `table` SET table_column='test';


The SQL you need is:
Update table set table_column = "test";
The SQL you posted creates a new row rather than updating existing rows.


To create a new empty column and fill it with the same value (here 100) for every row (in Toad for Oracle):
ALTER TABLE my_table ADD new_column INT;
UPDATE my_table SET new_column = 100;

Related

INSERT new history rows based on results from UPDATE query

I'd like to
UPDATE table SET column = 1 where column = 0;
INSERT (rows i just updated) INTO history_table;
Can I somehow store the ids from a select query, and then use those to UPDATE and subsequently INSERT rows matching those ids into the history table?

INSERT INTO history_table(id)
(SELECT id from table WHERE column = 0);
UPDATE table SET column = 1 where column = 0;
This way you are only getting the ID's that will be updated for the history_table and then you can update them to the correct values.

(I can't comment yet) Is there a specific reason to do it one query?
If not then you might use temporary table to store ids and fetch them for your update and insert using subquery.

SQL - update table with sequential numbering

i have a table in my MySQL database which i have added a new column to.
I would like to update this column on every row with a number starting at 20000 going up +1 each time.
i have tried this solution:
UPDATE table1 set new_col = new_col + 1;
but it just updates all rows with the same number

The easy way:
UPDATE table1 t, (SELECT #nr:= 20000-1) tmp
SET t.new_col = (#nr:=#nr+1) ;

I have used this query to solve this:
SET #rank:=20000;
update customer
set accountnumber_new=#rank:=#rank+1

Update SET with variable column names, variable values in variable rows PDO

I'm trying to update a certain column of certain row WHERE id is certain value. The thing is, the number/names of columns are variable, and so are their respective ids.
For example:
UPDATE table SET column1="hello" WHERE id = 5
UPDATE table SET column2="cucumber" WHERE id = 6
How can I do a single mysql query in PDO to do this?
First thing I tried is...
UPDATE table SET column1="hello", column4="bye" WHERE id IN(5, 6)
But that query will update BOTH of those columns in rows where it finds BOTH of those ids, and that's not what I'm looking for. Is it only possible to do this query by query?
Keep in mind that the argument after SET is variable, so the columns to be updated, their values and their respective ids are also variable.
A solution where you can just purely bind values would be great, but if I have to build the query string with escaped variables, then that's OK too.
Thank you.

You can do this
UPDATE table t1 JOIN table t2
ON t1.id= 5 AND t2.id= 6
SET t1.column1= 'hello',
t2.column2 = 'cucumber';
Or if you want to do this on a single column
UPDATE table
SET column2 = CASE id
WHEN 5 THEN 'hello'
WHEN 6 THEN ''
END
WHERE id IN(5, 6);

MySQL how to insert one value without affecting other values

In my table "accounts" I have four columns like
user, pass, column1, column2
I need to insert value into column2, where user='special_user_value'.
How can I do this?

UPDATE accounts
SET column2 = 'New Value'
WHERE user = 'special_user_value';

You don't "insert values" into a column. You insert a row, that has a value for all the columns you specified in the table creation; Just like a real table, or excel sheet for that matter.
If you need to change a column value for a specific row, you can use UPDATE:
UPDATE table_name SET column2='new value' WHERE user='special_user_value'
This is a really basic example. If you follow the link I provided for UPDATE, you may learn more about changing table values for a specific row.
If are you looking for actually inserting a new row with a specific value for that column, there's INSERT INTO you could follow to achieve that.

Use update Query like:
Update table_nm set field1=value1, Field2=value2 Where condition;

UPDATE Accounts SET column2='NewValue' WHERE user='special_user_value'

Is it really no solution to update multiple records in MySQL?

I want to do all these update in one statement.
update table set ts=ts_1 where id=1
update table set ts=ts_2 where id=2
...
update table set ts=ts_n where id=n
Is it?

Use this:
UPDATE `table` SET `ts`=CONCAT('ts_', `id`);

Yes you can but that would require a table (if only virtual/temporary), where you's store the id + ts value pairs, and then run an UPDATE with the FROM syntax.
Assuming tmpList is a table with an id and a ts_value column, filled with the pairs of id value, ts value you wish to apply.
UPDATE table, tmpList
SET table.ts = tmpList.ts_value
WHERE table.id = tmpList.id
-- AND table.id IN (1, 2, 3, .. n)
-- above "AND" is only needed if somehow you wish to limit it, i.e
-- if tmpTbl has more idsthan you wish to update
A possibly table-less (but similar) approach would involve a CASE statement, as in:
UPDATE table
SET ts = CASE id
WHEN 1 THEN 'ts_1'
WHEN 2 THEN 'ts_2'
-- ..
WHEN n THEN 'ts_n'
END
WHERE id in (1, 2, ... n) -- here this is necessary I believe

Well, without knowing what data, I'm not sure whether the answer is yes or no.
It certainly is possible to update multiple rows at once:
update table table1 set field1='value' where field2='bar'
This will update every row in table2 whose field2 value is 'bar'.
update table1 set field1='value' where field2 in (1, 2, 3, 4)
This will update every row in the table whose field2 value is 1, 2, 3 or 4.
update table1 set field1='value' where field2 > 5
This will update every row in the table whose field2 value is greater than 5.
update table1 set field1=concat('value', id)
This will update every row in the table, setting the field1 value to 'value' plus the value of that row's id field.

You could do it with a case statement, but it wouldn't be pretty:
UPDATE table
SET ts = CASE id WHEN 1 THEN ts_1 WHEN 2 THEN ts_2 ... WHEN n THEN ts_n END

I think that you should expand the context of the problem. Why do you want/need all the updates to be done in one statement? What benefit does that give you? Perhaps there's another way to get that benefit.
Presumably you are interacting with sql via some code, so certainly you can simply make sure that the three updates all happen atomically by creating a function that performs all three of the updates.
e.g. pseudocode:
function update_all_three(val){
// all the updates in one function
}
The difference between a single function update and some kind of update that performs multiple updates at once is probably not a very useful distinction.

generate the statements:
select concat('update table set ts = ts_', id, ' where id = ', id, '; ')
from table
or generate the case conditions, then connect it to your update statement:
select concat('when ', id, ' then ts_', id) from table

You can use INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE. See this quesion: Multiple Updates in MySQL

ts_1, ts_2, ts_3, etc. are different fields on the same table? There's no way to do that with a single statement.