SQL Update Operator Functions

These are functions that can be used as the values of update keys in select statements: More...

These are functions that can be used as the values of update keys in select statements:

• uop_prepend(): prepend a string to the output of a column
• uop_append(): append a string to the output of a column
• uop_upper(): return a column in upper case
• uop_lower(): return a column in lower case
• uop_substr(): extract a substring from a column
• uop_plus(): add a numeric value to a column
• uop_minus(): subtract a numeric value from a column
• uop_multiply(): multiply a column by a numeric value
• uop_divide(): divide a column by a numeric value
• uop_seq(): returns the value of the given sequence
• uop_seq_currval(): returns the last value issued in the current session for the given sequence

Update operator functions can be nested as in the following example:

Example:

int rows_updated = t.update(("permission_type": uop_append("-migrated", uop_lower())));