Setting value for one column of all records in table

Question

I\'m trying to clear one column for all records in my table. For example, if my table had three columns: id, comment, and likes - I wo

Answer 1

UPDATE your_table SET likes = NULL

or if your likes column does not allow NULL:

UPDATE your_table SET likes = ''

Some SQL tools that are used for executing DB queries prevent updates on ALL records (queries without a where clause) by default. You can configure that and remove that savety setting or you can add a where clause that is true for all records and update all anyway like this:

UPDATE your_table 
SET likes = NULL
WHERE 1 = 1

If you compare with NULL then you also need the IS operator. Example:

UPDATE your_table 
SET likes = NULL
WHERE likes IS NOT NULL

because comparing NULL with the equal operator (=) returns UNKNOWN. But the IS operator can handle NULL.