'UPDATE Query without WHERE Clause

Can the UPDATE query be used without a WHERE clause? And if so in what conditions?

sqldatabasesql-updatewhere-clause


Solution 1:[1]

if you don't use the WHERE clause all the records on the table will be affected

Solution 2:[2]

So, I think when you want to update the whole field for some kind of reasons like updating the status of users enrollment to free for all users.

UPDATE users SET status = "free";

Solution 3:[3]

The UPDATE statement in SQL is used to update records in the table. We can modify one or multiple records (rows) in a table using UPDATE statement. If you do not use WHERE clause in UPDATE statement, all the records in the table will be updated.

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Massimiliano Peluso
Solution 2 Muhammad Junaid
Solution 3 Purushothaman Srikanth

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