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Update

The update command is used to update existing objects.

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db> 
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update Hero
filter .name = "Hawkeye"
set { name := "Ronin" };
{default::Hero {id: d476b12e-3e7b-11ec-af13-2717f3dc1d8a}}

If you omit the filter clause, all objects will be updated. This is useful for updating values across all objects of a given type. The example below cleans up all Hero.name values by trimming whitespace and converting them to title case.

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db> 
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update Hero
set { name := str_trim(str_title(.name)) };
{default::Hero {id: d476b12e-3e7b-11ec-af13-2717f3dc1d8a}}

The structure of the update statement (update...filter...set) is an intentional inversion of SQL’s UPDATE...SET...WHERE syntax. Curiously, in SQL, the where clauses typically occur last despite being applied before the set statement. EdgeQL is structured to reflect this; first, a target set is specified, then filters are applied, then the data is updated.

All top-level EdgeQL statements (select, insert, update, and delete) can be prefixed with a with block. This is useful for updating the results of a complex query.

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db> 
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with people := (
    select Person
    order by .name
    offset 3
    limit 3
  )
update people
set { name := str_trim(.name) };
{
  default::Hero {id: d4764c66-3e7b-11ec-af13-df1ba5b91187},
  default::Hero {id: d7d7e0f6-40ae-11ec-87b1-3f06bed494b9},
  default::Villain {id: d477a836-3e7b-11ec-af13-4fea611d1c31},
}

You can pass any object-type expression into update, including polymorphic ones (as above).

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