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Foil 13 Access SQL - III

From Overview of Microsoft Access used with Active Server Pages(ASP) CPS616 Technologies of Information Age -- Spring 1998. by Nancy McCracken and Sangetta Aggarwal


The UPDATE Statement: Used to change values in one or more columns in a table.
Syntax: UPDATE table-or-query
SET column1=expression1[,column2=expression2][,..]
[WHERE criteria];
Example: UPDATE tblMenu SET tblMenu.Price = {Price]*1.1 WHERE MenuDescription Not Like "*Pizza";
The DELETE Statement: Used to delete rows from tables.
  • Syntax: DELETE [table.*]
FROM from-clause
[WHERE criteria];
Example: DELETE FROM tblMenu WHERE Discontinued = True;
The INSERT INTO Statement: Used to copy rows from one table into another or to add a single row of data to a table using a list of values.
Syntax: INSERT INTO target-table
select-statement;
Example: INSERT INTO tblCustomer SELECT * FROM tblCustomerNew;



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