MySQL Update Table Statement Exercises: Change job ID of employee of ID is 118, to SH_CLERK if the employee in the department_id 30 and the job ID not started with SH

MySQL Update Table Statement: Exercise-7 with Solution

Write a SQL statement to change job ID of employee which ID is 118, to SH_CLERK if the employee belongs to department, which ID is 30 and the existing job ID does not start with SH.

Here is the sample table employees.

UPDATE employees SET JOB_ID= 'SH_CLERK' 
WHERE employee_id=118 
AND department_id=30 
AND NOT JOB_ID LIKE 'SH%';

Let execute the above code in MySQL 5.6 command prompt

See the result. Only the effected rows have been displayed.

+-------------+------------+-----------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+---------+----------------+------------+---------------+
| EMPLOYEE_ID | FIRST_NAME | LAST_NAME | EMAIL   | PHONE_NUMBER | HIRE_DATE  | JOB_ID   | SALARY  | COMMISSION_PCT | MANAGER_ID | DEPARTMENT_ID |
+-------------+------------+-----------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+---------+----------------+------------+---------------+
|         118 | Guy        | Himuro    | GHIMURO | 515.127.4565 | 1987-07-05 | SH_CLERK | 2600.00 |           0.00 |        114 |            30 |
+-------------+------------+-----------+---------+--------------+------------+----------+---------+----------------+------------+---------------+

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