UPDATE column to append data into it in MySQL?


To achieve this, the following is the syntax.

UPDATE yourTableName set
yourColumnName=concat(ifnull(yourColumnName,””),’anyValue1,anyValue2,anyValue);

To understand the above syntax, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows -

mysql> create table AppendDataDemo
-> (
-> StudentId int,
-> StudentName varchar(100),
-> StudentAge int
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.54 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows.

mysql> insert into AppendDataDemo values(101,'John',23);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec)

mysql> insert into AppendDataDemo values(102,null,24);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.74 sec)

mysql> insert into AppendDataDemo values(103,'Mike',26);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows.

mysql> select *from AppendDataDemo;

The following is the output.

+-----------+-------------+------------+
| StudentId | StudentName | StudentAge |
+-----------+-------------+------------+
| 101       | John        | 23         |
| 102       | NULL        | 24         |
| 103       | Mike        | 26         |
+-----------+-------------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The following is the query to update the column StudentName and append “Carol, Sam, Maria” to its data.

mysql> update AppendDataDemo set StudentName=concat(ifnull(StudentName,""), ' Carol,Sam,Maria');
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.14 sec)
Rows matched: 3 Changed: 3 Warnings: 0

Check the table records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows.

mysql> select *from AppendDataDemo;

The following is the output displaying appened data.

+-----------+----------------------+------------+
| StudentId | StudentName          | StudentAge |
+-----------+----------------------+------------+
| 101       | John Carol,Sam,Maria | 23         |
| 102       | Carol,Sam,Maria      | 24         |
| 103       | Mike Carol,Sam,Maria | 26         |
+-----------+----------------------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.03 sec)

Updated on: 29-Jun-2020

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