UPDATE statement
The UPDATE statement changes the values of specified columns, in selected rows, in a table in an external database.
Syntax
Table reference
Databaseand can contain any of the following elements:
- A table name only
- A schema name and a table name
- A data source name (that is, the name of a database instance), a schema name, and a table name
If a schema name is not specified, the default schema for the integration node's database user is used.
If a data source name is not
specified, the database pointed to by the node's data source
attribute
is used.
The WHERE clause
The WHERE clause expression can use any of the integration node's operators and functions in any combination. It can refer to table columns, message fields, and any declared variables or constants.
However, be aware that the integration node treats the WHERE clause expression by examining the expression and deciding whether the whole expression can be evaluated by the database. If it can, it is given to the database. In order to be evaluated by the database, it must use only those functions and operators supported by the database.
The WHERE clause can, however, refer to message fields, correlation names declared by containing SELECT functions, and to any other declared variables or constants within scope.
- Apparently trivial changes to WHERE clause expressions can have large effects on performance. You can determine how much of the expression was given to the database by examining a user trace.
- Some databases' functions exhibit subtle differences of behavior from those of the integration node.
Handling errors
It is possible for errors
to occur during update operations. For example, the database might
not be operational, or the table might have constraints defined that
the new values would violate. In these cases, an exception is thrown
(unless the node has its throw exception on database error
property
set to FALSE). These exceptions set appropriate SQL code, state, native
error, and error text values and can be dealt with by error handlers
(see the DECLARE HANDLER statement).
For further information about handling database errors, see Capturing database state.
Examples
dataSource
property of the
Database node has been configured, and that the database it identifies
has a table called STOCKPRICES, with columns called COMPANY and PRICES.
It updates the PRICE column of the rows in the STOCKPRICES table whose
COMPANY column matches the value given in the Company field in the
message. UPDATE Database.StockPrices AS SP
SET PRICE = InputBody.Message.StockPrice
WHERE SP.COMPANY = InputBody.Message.Company
UPDATE Database.INVENTORY AS INV
SET QUANTITY = INV.QUANTITY - InputBody.Message.QuantitySold
WHERE INV.ITEMNUMBER = InputBody.Message.ItemNumber
UPDATE Database.table AS T
SET column1 = T.column1+1,
column2 = T.column2+2;
Note that the column names (on the left of the "=") are single identifiers. They must not be qualified with a table name or correlation name. In contrast, the references to database columns in the expressions (to the right of the "=") must be qualified with the correlation name.
-- Declare variables to hold the data source, schema and table names
-- and set their default values
DECLARE Source CHARACTER 'Production';
DECLARE Schema CHARACTER 'db2admin';
DECLARE Table CHARACTER 'DynamicTable1';
-- Code which calculates their actual values comes here
-- Update rows in the table
UPDATE Database.{Source}.{Schema}.{Table} AS R SET Value = 0;