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UPDATE .. SET

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition

The SET clause allows for setting new values on updated records in a table.

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

update(BOOK).set(BOOK.TITLE, "New Title")

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

UPDATE BOOK
SET
  BOOK.TITLE = 'New Title'

UPDATE BOOK
SET
  TITLE = 'New Title'

UPDATE BOOK
SET
  BOOK.TITLE = 'New Title'
WHERE TRUE

UPDATE BOOK
SET
  TITLE = 'New Title'
WHERE TRUE

UPDATE BOOK
FROM BOOK
SET
  BOOK.TITLE = 'New Title'

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