Use this window to construct SQL UPDATE statements for objects
such as restriction filters, tools, triggers, and procedures, and for generating
SQL statements while using the SQL interactive interface.
Complete this window as follows:
- Table
- From the left list, select the database, and from the right list, select
the table on which to run the command. The Columns area is populated a list
of columns in that database table.
- Columns
- Select the table columns to update. To select all columns, click Tick
all columns to the right of this list. To clear all your selections,
click Tick none of the columns to the right of this
list. You can also individually select each check box required.
- For each selected column, enter the new value. For UPDATE statements,
you must exclude the primary key. Primary keys are indicated with an asterisk
(*).
- To Clipboard
- Click this button to copy the SQL command to the clipboard in a text format.
Generating your SQL command
After
specifying a database, table, and columns, you can choose to generate the
SQL command, or cancel your selections by clicking the relevant button as
follows:
- OK
- Click this button to close the window and automatically convert your selections
into an SQL command in the parent window.
- Cancel
- Click this button to close the window without constructing a command.