alter data sql code example
Example 1: sql update query
--update query example
UPDATE table_name
SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHERE condition;
Example 2: sql update from select
UPDATE YourTable
SET Col1 = OtherTable.Col1,
Col2 = OtherTable.Col2
FROM (
SELECT ID, Col1, Col2
FROM other_table) AS OtherTable
WHERE
OtherTable.ID = YourTable.ID
Example 3: sql update from select
UPDATE
Table_A
SET
Table_A.col1 = Table_B.col1,
Table_A.col2 = Table_B.col2
FROM
Some_Table AS Table_A
INNER JOIN Other_Table AS Table_B
ON Table_A.id = Table_B.id
WHERE
Table_A.col3 = 'cool'
Example 4: sql alter table
Adds, deletes or edits columns in a table. It can also be used to add and
delete constraints in a table, as per the above.
Example: Adds a new boolean column called ‘approved’ to a table named
‘deals’.
ALTER TABLE deals
ADD approved boolean;
Example 2: Deletes the ‘approved’ column from the ‘deals’ table
ALTER TABLE deals
DROP COLUMN approved;
Example 5: sql alter table
-- With check if field already exists
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.columns
WHERE Name = N'Email'
AND Object_ID = Object_ID(N'dbo.Customers'))
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE Customers
ADD Email varchar(255);
END