mysql change all values in a column

Question

I want to change all values in the tablecolumn \"Quellendatum\".

When the row-value is 2005-06-20 then it should be replaced with 2012-06-20. When the row-value is N

Answer 1

In MySql you can do:

UPDATE TABLENAME    
SET IDCOLUMN=VALUE    
WHERE IDCOLUMN=VALUE    
AND !isnull (IDCOLUMN)

Answer 2

How about:

UPDATE outgoing2.tbl_hochschule 
SET Quellendatum = '2012-06-20' 
WHERE Quellendatum = '2005-06-20' 
AND !isnull( Quellendatum );

Answer 3

it should be :

UPDATE tablename 
SET Quellendatum = '2012-06-20' 
WHERE Quellendatum = '2005-06-20'

Answer 4

UPDATE outgoing2.tbl_hochschule 
SET Quellendatum = '2012-06-20' 
WHERE Quellendatum <> '' AND Quellendatum <> NULL;