PostgreSQL Update Table: Update the designation of employees for a specific number of employees using LIKE operator in the HR database
7. Write a SQL statement to change the job ID of the employee which ID is 118 to SH_CLERK if the employee belongs to a department which ID is 30 and the existing job ID does not start with SH.
Sample table: employees
Sample Solution:
Code:
UPDATE employees SET JOB_ID= 'SH_CLERK'
WHERE employee_id=118
AND department_id=30
AND NOT JOB_ID LIKE 'SH%';
Output:
See the result. Only the effected rows have been displayed.
postgres=# SELECT * FROM employees WHERE employee_id=118 AND department_id=30 AND JOB_ID LIKE 'SH%'; employee_id | first_name | last_name | email | phone_number | hire_date | job_id | salary | commission_pct | manager_id | department_id -------------+------------+-----------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+---------+----------------+------------+--------------- 118 | Guy | Himuro | GHIMURO | 515.127.4565 | 1987-07-05 | SH_CLERK | 2600.00 | 0.00 | 114 | 30 (1 row)
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Previous: Write a SQL statement to change the salary of an employee to 8000 whose ID is 105, if the existing salary is less than 5000.
Next: Write a SQL statement to increase the salary of employees under the department 40, 90 and 110 according to the company rules that, the salary will be increased by 25% of the department 40, 15% for department 90 and 10% of the department 110 and the rest of the department will remain same.
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