{"id":200589,"date":"2025-05-24T05:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/how-to-change-a-value-in-sql-table\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:59:07","slug":"how-to-change-a-value-in-sql-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namso-gen.co\/blog\/how-to-change-a-value-in-sql-table\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change a value in SQL table?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In SQL, changing a value in a table is a common task that can be accomplished using the UPDATE statement. This statement allows you to update existing records in a table by specifying the column to be updated and the new value to be assigned to that column.<\/p>\n

**To change a value in an SQL table, you can use the following syntax:**<\/p>\n

“`sql
\nUPDATE table_name
\nSET column_name = new_value
\nWHERE condition;
\n“`<\/p>\n

For example, if you have a table named ’employees’ and you want to change the salary of an employee with the ID 123 to 50000, you can use the following SQL statement:<\/p>\n

“`sql
\nUPDATE employees
\nSET salary = 50000
\nWHERE employee_id = 123;
\n“`<\/p>\n

This will update the salary column of the employee with the ID 123 to 50000 in the ’employees’ table.<\/p>\n

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