[mysql.update]

mysql.update is a slot in the mysql namespace, in Hyperlambda, the language of Magic Cloud. Updates rows through the current MySQL connection; use [where] to constrain affected rows.

Returns: Resolves to the number of rows affected
Scope: requires mysql.connection - Requires an open MySQL connection created by [mysql.connect]

Arguments

Required arguments come first, then the optional ones in the order they are declared.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`[table]`	string	yes	Table name to use in the SQL statement.
`[values]`	lambda	yes	Column values to insert or update.
`[values]` / any node name	object	yes	Column name and value. Can be repeated.
`[where]`	lambda	yes	Required boolean predicate tree — destructive SQL must constrain affected rows.
`[where]` / `[and]`	lambda	no	Boolean AND group.
`[where]` / `[and]` / any node name	object	yes	Column condition; suffix the name with .eq, .neq, .gt, .gte, .lt, .lte, .like, .ilike, or .in to select an operator. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[and]` / any node name / unnamed child node	object	no	Value item used by operators such as .in.
`[where]` / `[and]` / `[or]`	lambda	no	Boolean OR group. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[and]` / `[or]` / any node name	object	yes	Column condition; suffix the name with .eq, .neq, .gt, .gte, .lt, .lte, .like, .ilike, or .in to select an operator. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[and]` / `[or]` / any node name / unnamed child node	object	no	Value item used by operators such as .in.
`[where]` / `[or]`	lambda	no	Boolean OR group.
`[where]` / `[or]` / any node name	object	yes	Column condition; suffix the name with .eq, .neq, .gt, .gte, .lt, .lte, .like, .ilike, or .in to select an operator. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[or]` / any node name / unnamed child node	object	no	Value item used by operators such as .in.
`[where]` / `[or]` / `[and]`	lambda	no	Boolean AND group. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[or]` / `[and]` / any node name	object	yes	Column condition; suffix the name with .eq, .neq, .gt, .gte, .lt, .lte, .like, .ilike, or .in to select an operator. Can be repeated.
`[where]` / `[or]` / `[and]` / any node name / unnamed child node	object	no	Value item used by operators such as .in.
`[generate]`	bool	no	Whether to only generate SQL and parameter nodes instead of executing it. Default: `false`.

Nodes nested deeper than 6 levels, and nodes that repeat one of their own ancestors, are not listed. The JSON declaration below has all of them.

JSON declaration

This is the complete declaration of mysql.update, as the running system describes it. It is also published as slot.json.

JSON declaration (loads when opened)

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