UPDATE WHERE CURRENT OF cursor-name
{ USING [ SQL ] DESCRIPTOR sqlda-name | { [ FROM ] | [ USING ] } hostvar-list }

UPDATE update-table, ...
SET set-item, ...
WHERE CURRENT OF cursor-name

hostvar-list : indicator variables allowed

update-table :
[owner-name.]object-name [ [ AS ] correlation-name ]

set-item :
[ correlation-name.]column-name = { expression | DEFAULT }
| [ owner-name. ]object-name.column-name = { expression | DEFAULT }

object-name : identifier (a table or view name)

sqlda-name : identifier

This form of the UPDATE statement updates the current row of the specified cursor. The current row is defined to be the last row successfully fetched from the cursor, and the last operation on the cursor must not have been a positioned DELETE statement.

For syntax 1, columns from the SQLDA or values from the host variable list correspond one-to-one with the columns returned from the specified cursor. If the sqldata pointer in the SQLDA is the null pointer, the corresponding SELECT list item is not updated.

In syntax 2, the requested columns are set to the specified values for the row at the current row of the specified query. The columns do not need to be in the SELECT list of the specified open cursor. This format can be prepared.

Also, when assigning a variable, the variable must already be declared, and its name must begin with the at sign (@). Variable and column assignments can be mixed together, and any number can be used. If a name on the left side of an assignment in the SET list matches a column in the updated table and the variable name, the statement updates the column.

The USING DESCRIPTOR, FROM hostvar-list, and hostvar formats are for embedded SQL only.

You must be the owner of the table being updated, or have UPDATE privilege on the columns being modified, or have the UPDATE ANY TABLE system privilege.

None.

• INSERT statement
• LOAD TABLE statement
• MERGE statement
• DELETE statement
• DELETE statement (positioned) [ESQL] [SP]
• UPDATE statement
• ansi_update_constraints option

The following is an example of an UPDATE statement executed on a fictitious cursor called emp_cursor:

UPDATE GROUPO.Employees
SET Surname = 'Jones'
WHERE CURRENT OF emp_cursor;