Question

I have a table i need to add info to for 450 rows, i can identify each row with a unique order number and only need to update 4 of the rows on the table for each order number.

update ordercontacts
set firstname = 'joe', lastname = 'smith', email = '[e-mail]', contacttypeid = 13
where orderid = 1284480

this just replaced my values so i had to fix that

i tried this as well

insert into ordercontacts
(firstname, lastname, email, contacttypeid)
values
('joe', 'smith', '[e-mail]', 13)
where orderid in (1284480)

but the syntax is not correct and im not sure what the correct syntax would be

I had thought something like this would work but it doesnt obviously. Can anyone help me out? Each of the order numbers already has a different contact attached to it, i basically want the end result to be like this:

order     firstname   lastname        email               contacttypeid
1284480   joe        smith      [e-mail]         13
1284480   steve      andrews      [e-mail]         11

Im looking to add a new contact on top of one that already exists for each order number. The syntax for the update i have is only replacing the info that is already there.

Answer 1

insert into table_name (order, firstname, lastname, email, contacttypeid) 
values (1284480, 'joe'...);

You’re wanting to insert values rather than update. Update will overwrite the values of the existing one, essentially it’s “replace x in the row where id = y”. Insert will actually create a new row.