MySQL Update Table Statement Exercises: Change the email and commission_pct column of employees table with 'not available' and 0.10 for all employees
MySQL Update Table Statement: Exercise-2 with Solution
Write a MySQL statement to change the email and commission_pct column of employees table with 'not available' and 0.10 for all employees.
Here is the sample table employees.
+-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+ | EMPLOYEE_ID | FIRST_NAME | LAST_NAME | EMAIL | PHONE_NUMBER | HIRE_DATE | JOB_ID | SALARY | COMMISSION_PCT | MANAGER_ID | DEPARTMENT_ID | +-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+ | 100 | Steven | King | SKING | 515.123.4567 | 1987-06-17 | AD_PRES | 24000.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 90 | | 101 | Neena | Kochhar | NKOCHHAR | 515.123.4568 | 1987-06-18 | AD_VP | 17000.00 | 0.00 | 100 | 90 | | 102 | Lex | De Haan | LDEHAAN | 515.123.4569 | 1987-06-19 | AD_VP | 17000.00 | 0.00 | 100 | 90 | | 103 | Alexander | Hunold | AHUNOLD | 590.423.4567 | 1987-06-20 | IT_PROG | 9000.00 | 0.00 | 102 | 60 | | 104 | Bruce | Ernst | BERNST | 590.423.4568 | 1987-06-21 | IT_PROG | 6000.00 | 0.00 | 103 | 60 | | 105 | David | Austin | DAUSTIN | 590.423.4569 | 1987-06-22 | IT_PROG | 4800.00 | 0.00 | 103 | 60 | | 106 | Valli | Pataballa | VPATABAL | 590.423.4560 | 1987-06-23 | IT_PROG | 4800.00 | 0.00 | 103 | 60 | | 107 | Diana | Lorentz | DLORENTZ | 590.423.5567 | 1987-06-24 | IT_PROG | 4200.00 | 0.00 | 103 | 60 | | 108 | Nancy | Greenberg | NGREENBE | 515.124.4569 | 1987-06-25 | FI_MGR | 12000.00 | 0.00 | 101 | 100 | ......... | 206 | William | Gietz | WGIETZ | 515.123.8181 | 1987-10-01 | AC_ACCOUNT | 8300.00 | 0.00 | 205 | 110 | +-------------+-------------+-------------+----------+--------------------+------------+------------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+
-- Updating the 'email' column and 'commission_pct' column for all records in the 'employees' table
UPDATE employees SET email='not available', commission_pct=0.10;
Let execute the above code in MySQL command prompt
See the result. Only two rows have been displayed.
mysql> SELECT * FROM employees LIMIT 2; +-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+--------------+------------+---------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+ | EMPLOYEE_ID | FIRST_NAME | LAST_NAME | EMAIL | PHONE_NUMBER | HIRE_DATE | JOB_ID | SALARY | COMMISSION_PCT | MANAGER_ID | DEPARTMENT_ID | +-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+--------------+------------+---------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+ | 100 | Steven | King | not available | 515.123.4567 | 1987-06-17 | AD_PRES | 24000.00 | 0.10 | 0 | 90 | | 101 | Neena | Kochhar | not available | 515.123.4568 | 1987-06-18 | AD_VP | 17000.00 | 0.10 | 100 | 90 | +-------------+------------+-----------+---------------+--------------+------------+---------+----------+----------------+------------+---------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Explanation:
The said MySQL code is an UPDATE statement that modifies data in the 'employees' table. Here's a breakdown:
- UPDATE employees: Specifies the 'employees' table to be updated.
- SET email='not available', commission_pct=0.10: Sets the values of the 'email' and 'commission_pct' columns for all records in the 'employees' table. The 'email' column is set to 'not available', and the 'commission_pct' column is set to 0.10.
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