"Just as with the previous SELECT and INSERT SQL statements, the
UPDATE statement is in the rough format of an English sentence:
UPDATE table_name SET column_name = value
So, to go back to the MusicCollection table we've been using
throughout the column, I think we need to change the Artist field
of the third album from Bruce Hornsby to "Bruce Hornsby and the
Range" to be more accurate. ... We can try to use the UPDATE
statement to make our change (remembering that text values are
always enclosed in single quotes in SQL).
UPDATE MusicCollection SET Artist ='Bruce Hornsby and the Range';
"The WHERE clause is used to modify a SQL statement by limiting
the operations to a filtered subset of the database. ... I'd
suggest using a SELECT * statement with the same WHERE clause,
which gives you a quick view of the records that will be affected
before you do anything rash. Some database administrators go
as far as to password-restrict this SQL statement to only certain
users to prevent damage to the database."