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Asked: 2026-06-09T15:56:58+00:00

I got like 2000 rows of data, when I do select statement I can

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I got like 2000 rows of data, when I do select statement I can narrow my query but I cant change any value, as I have to change 50 columns, I dont want to use Update Command as then because values I have to update for each row is unique.

Anyone knows any easier way of selecting data using select command and then edit it.

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I just went to SQL Management studio, clicked on DB I am working on then find the table, I right clicked on it and then it says “Select top 1000 rows” so Now I can see the query and the data, I added “Where” into query and got what I wanted, but I cant modify the table rows below :S

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Or I can develop a Utility that will take Table Name , Column Name and its New value and simply updates it 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    You modify data using an UPDATE statement (with a WHERE clause) in a query window. While Management Studio has a feature called “Edit Top n Rows” that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to use it – there are several behavioral bugs that are still unresolved even in the SQL Server 2012 version, and it can also place unnecessary and prohibitive locks on the underlying table.

    I know it’s not the answer you want to hear, but please become comfortable with proper DML commands. The documentation for UPDATE is found here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177523(v=sql.100).aspx

    The long and short of it, IMHO: If you can identify the rows you want to update by using a SELECT with a WHERE clause, you can also write an UPDATE query using the same WHERE clause.

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