Syntax error Updating blank cells to NULL will cause all cells to be NULL in MySQL?

Updating blank cells to NULL will cause all cells to be NULL in MySQL?

To update only blank cells to NULL, use NULLIF() in MySQL. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
(
   Name varchar(50)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.73 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+
| Name  |
+-------+
| Mike  |
|       |
| David |
|       |
| Mike  |
+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to update only blank cells to NULL −

mysql> update DemoTable
   set Name=NULLIF(Name,'');
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.19 sec)
Rows matched: 5 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0

Let us check the table records once again −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+
| Name  |
+-------+
| Mike  |
| NULL  |
| David |
| NULL  |
| Mike  |
+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-10-03T07:49:27+05:30

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