How to update multiple records in a table using procedure?

Question

Dear All,
1 am using 11.1.2.1.0
my question is i have a table like
emp id(primary key), empname,location
1                             damby      blore
2                             rocky       kormangala
3                              biswa     india
my question  is i need to write one procure that at a time i can update empname and location(wat the value are there in empname and location i  need to change at a time).
thanks
Damby

Answer 1

Hi, Damby,
That sounds like what the UPDATE statement does, exactly.  Just use an UPDATE statement to change any number of columns in existing rows.  You don't need a procedure, but, if you're using a procedure for some other reason, you can do the UPDATE in the procedure.  UPDATE works the same in SQL or PL/SQL.
Sometimes MERGE is more convenient than UPDATE.  Like UPDATE, it can change any number of columns, either in SQL or PL/SQL.
I hope this answers your question.
If not, post a little sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements, relevant columns only) for all the tables involved, and the results you want from that data.
In the case of a DML operation (such as UPDATE) the sample data should show what the tables are like before the DML, and the results will be the contents of the changed table(s) after the DML.
Explain, using specific examples, how you get those results from that data.
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