Question

I need to update each row of a table with one column as sum of other two columns in the same table

Something like this

UPDATE table1 SET table1.column1 = sum (table1.column1 +
table1.column2) for every row

I have tried

This is working for me

UPDATE table1 SET column1 =(SELECT  SUM(column1 + column2)  FROM table1 where rowid = 1) WHERE rowid = 1

So I can do this by iterating each rowid by first selecting all rowId

for( all rowid as i){
    UPDATE table1 SET column1 =(SELECT  SUM(column1 + column2)  FROM table1 where rowid = i) WHERE rowid = i
    }

But I need to do for all the rows in that table in one query

When I tried:

update table1  set column1  = (select (column1  + column2) from table1 )

this will summ all the values of column1 and column2
i want to do wrt to a row

Any idea?

Me working in sqLite for Android

Answer 1

There’s no need for loops or inner selects. Just try this:

UPDATE table1 SET column1 = column1 + column2