UPDATE Function in Access Explained

1 year ago
Noah Thompson
1 minute

The UPDATE statement in Microsoft Access is used to modify records in a database table, allowing you to change the values of existing records in the table.

By using the UPDATE statement, you can specify the table to update, the fields to update, and the necessary update conditions. Here is the general syntax of the UPDATE statement:

UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHERE condition;
  1. table_name: the name of the table to be updated.
  2. column1, column2, etc: Names of the columns to be updated.
  3. value1, value2, …: The new values to be set.
  4. condition: an optional parameter that specifies the criteria for the records that need to be updated.

Here is an example demonstrating how to update records in an Access database table using an UPDATE statement.

UPDATE employees
SET salary = 5000, department = 'IT'
WHERE id = 1;

The above example updates the salary of employee with ID 1 to 5000, and updates the department to “IT”.

With the UPDATE statement, you can update the values of records in an Access database based on specific conditions and requirements. This is useful for updating the data of specific records, such as changing the status of a record, fixing errors, or updating outdated information.

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