UPDATE statement with multiple WHERE conditions

Question

I\'m trying to run an UPDATE query in Access with different WHERE conditions:

UPDATE Table1
SET [Ticker] = \"TXSFI\" WHERE [Acct Numb]          


        

Answer 1

You can do this with two update statement:

UPDATE Table1
    SET Table1.[Ticker] = 'TXSFI' WHERE Table1.[Acct Numb] like '*03';

Update Table1
    SET Table1.[Ticker] = 'TESEI' WHERE Table1.[Acct Numb] like '*04';

Or, you can combine these using conditional updates (non-Access version):

update table1
   SET Table1.[Ticker] = (case when  Table1.[Acct Numb] like '%03' then 'TXSFI'
                               when Table1.[Acct Numb] like '%04' then 'TESEI'
                          end)
   where Table1.[Acct Numb] like '%03' or Table1.[Acct Numb] like '%04'

By the way, I am guessing that you are using Access. The standard wildcard in SQL would be like '%03' but Access uses a '*' instead of '%'. It is a good idea to tag your question with the database you are using.

Having said that, you can't use case in Access:

update table1
   SET Table1.[Ticker] = iif(Table1.[Acct Numb] like '*03', 'TXSFI', 'TESEI')
   where Table1.[Acct Numb] like '*03' or Table1.[Acct Numb] like '*04'