Compare String in where clause

  
/*
mysql> select * from employee_person;
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
| id | address                             | phone   | email | birthday   | sex  | m_status | s_name          | children |
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
|  1 | 200, Regina Street                  | 7176666 | net@hotmail.com | 1971-04-26 | M    | Y        | Ane Regina      |     NULL |
|  2 | 1232 Alberta Road                   | 5553312 | jo@hotmail.com | 1968-03-02 | M    | Y        | Jane Van        |        3 |
|  3 | 90 Potter A                         | 3331211 | gp@ymail.com | 1967-09-22 | M    | N        | Sandhya Pil     |        2 |
|  4 | 202, Donna Street                   | 7176167 | twink@hotmail.com | 1976-08-09 | F    | Y        | Manish Sha      |     NULL |
|  5 | Apartment #8, UBC, Van Street       | 8973242 | holy@ymail.com | 1974-10-14 | F    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  6 | 46 SFU Street                       | 6451234 | kill@el.com | 1978-12-31 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  7 | 432 Mercury Ave                     | 7932232 | mac@hotmail.com | 1966-08-21 | M    | Y        | Mary Shelly     |        3 |
|  8 | 8 Little YaleTown                   | 5442994 | edd@gmail.com | 1975-01-14 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  9 | 64 Temp Road                        | 4327652 | nan@pmail.com | 1969-05-19 | M    | Y        | Man Nanda       |        1 |
| 10 | 132 Metro House, Henry Street       | 5552376 | ra@hotmail.com | 1968-07-06 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 11 | 1 Grace Town, Van Avenue            | 5433879 | soundofsilence@boxer.net | 1957-11-04 | M    | Y        | Muriel Lovelace |        4 |
| 12 | 97 Oakland Road                     | 5423311 | kingarthur@roundtable.org | 1968-02-15 | M    | Y        | Rina Brighton   |        3 |
| 13 | 543 Applegate Lane                  | 3434343 | levy@cmail.com | 1968-09-03 | F    | Y        | Matt Shi        |        2 |
| 14 | 76 Fish Street                      | 7432433 | tink@email.com | 1965-04-28 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 15 | 98 Gun Street                       | 6500787 | danny@fhardy.com | 1966-06-23 | M    | Y        | Betty Cudly     |        3 |
| 16 | #5 Winnepag Homes                   | 5433243 | mike@cmail.com | 1964-03-06 | M    | Y        | Stella Stevens  |        2 |
| 17 | 652 Devon Building, 6th Jade Avenue | 5537885 | mona@darling.com | 1970-04-18 | F    | Y        | Edgar Alan      |        1 |
| 18 | Apartment #9, Together Towers       | 5476565 | odessey@hotmail.com | 1973-10-09 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 19 | Apartment #9, West Towers           | 5476565 | jire@hotmail.com | 1973-01-20 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 20 | 90 Yale Town                        | 7528326 | help@more.org | 1968-01-25 | F    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 21 | 4329 Eucalyptus Avenue              | 4254863 | money@cold.com | 1964-06-13 | M    | Y        | Ruby Richer     |        2 |
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
21 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> update employee SET
    ->        title = 'Web Developer'
    ->        WHERE title = 'Web Designer';
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 2  Changed: 2  Warnings: 0

mysql> select * from employee_person;
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
| id | address                             | phone   | email | birthday   | sex  | m_status | s_name          | children |
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
|  1 | 200, Regina Street                  | 7176666 | net@hotmail.com | 1971-04-26 | M    | Y        | Ane Regina      |     NULL |
|  2 | 1232 Alberta Road                   | 5553312 | jo@hotmail.com | 1968-03-02 | M    | Y        | Jane Van        |        3 |
|  3 | 90 Potter A                         | 3331211 | gp@ymail.com | 1967-09-22 | M    | N        | Sandhya Pil     |        2 |
|  4 | 202, Donna Street                   | 7176167 | twink@hotmail.com | 1976-08-09 | F    | Y        | Manish Sha      |     NULL |
|  5 | Apartment #8, UBC, Van Street       | 8973242 | holy@ymail.com | 1974-10-14 | F    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  6 | 46 SFU Street                       | 6451234 | kill@el.com | 1978-12-31 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  7 | 432 Mercury Ave                     | 7932232 | mac@hotmail.com | 1966-08-21 | M    | Y        | Mary Shelly     |        3 |
|  8 | 8 Little YaleTown                   | 5442994 | edd@gmail.com | 1975-01-14 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
|  9 | 64 Temp Road                        | 4327652 | nan@pmail.com | 1969-05-19 | M    | Y        | Man Nanda       |        1 |
| 10 | 132 Metro House, Henry Street       | 5552376 | ra@hotmail.com | 1968-07-06 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 11 | 1 Grace Town, Van Avenue            | 5433879 | soundofsilence@boxer.net | 1957-11-04 | M    | Y        | Muriel Lovelace |        4 |
| 12 | 97 Oakland Road                     | 5423311 | kingarthur@roundtable.org | 1968-02-15 | M    | Y        | Rina Brighton   |        3 |
| 13 | 543 Applegate Lane                  | 3434343 | levy@cmail.com | 1968-09-03 | F    | Y        | Matt Shi        |        2 |
| 14 | 76 Fish Street                      | 7432433 | tink@email.com | 1965-04-28 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 15 | 98 Gun Street                       | 6500787 | danny@fhardy.com | 1966-06-23 | M    | Y        | Betty Cudly     |        3 |
| 16 | #5 Winnepag Homes                   | 5433243 | mike@cmail.com | 1964-03-06 | M    | Y        | Stella Stevens  |        2 |
| 17 | 652 Devon Building, 6th Jade Avenue | 5537885 | mona@darling.com | 1970-04-18 | F    | Y        | Edgar Alan      |        1 |
| 18 | Apartment #9, Together Towers       | 5476565 | odessey@hotmail.com | 1973-10-09 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 19 | Apartment #9, West Towers           | 5476565 | jire@hotmail.com | 1973-01-20 | M    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 20 | 90 Yale Town                        | 7528326 | help@more.org | 1968-01-25 | F    | N        | NULL            |     NULL |
| 21 | 4329 Eucalyptus Avenue              | 4254863 | money@cold.com | 1964-06-13 | M    | Y        | Ruby Richer     |        2 |
+----+-------------------------------------+---------+---------------------------+------------+------+----------+-----------------+----------+
21 rows in set (0.00 sec)

*/
Drop table employee;

CREATE TABLE employee (
    id int unsigned not null auto_increment primary key,
    firstname varchar(20),
    lastname varchar(20),
    title varchar(30),
    age int,
    yearofservice int,
    salary int,
    perks int,
    email varchar(60)
); 



INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("John", "Chen", "Senior Programmer", 31, 3, 120000, 25000, "j@hotmail.com");

INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Jan", "Pillai", "Senior Programmer", 32, 4, 110000, 20000, "g@yahoo.com");

INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Ane", "Pandit", "Web Designer", 24, 3, 90000, 15000, "a@gmail.com");

INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Mary", "Anchor", "Web Designer", 27, 2, 85000, 15000, "m@mail.com");

INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Fred", "King", "Programmer", 32, 3, 75000, 15000, "f@net.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("John", "Mac", "Programmer", 32, 4, 80000, 16000, "j@hotmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Arthur", "Sam", "Programmer", 28, 2, 75000, 14000, "e@yahoo.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Alok", "Nanda", "Programmer", 32, 3, 70000, 10000, "a@yahoo.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Susan", "Ra", "Multimedia Programmer", 32, 4, 90000, 15000, "h@gmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Paul", "Simon", "Multimedia Programmer", 23, 1, 85000, 12000, "ps@gmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Edward", "Parhar", "Multimedia Programmer", 30, 2, 75000, 15000, "a@hotmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Kim", "Hunter", "Senior Web Designer", 32, 4, 110000, 20000, "kim@coolmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Roger", "Lewis", "System Administrator", 32, 3, 100000, 13000, "roger@mail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Danny", "Gibson", "System Administrator", 31, 2, 90000, 12000, "danny@hotmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Mike", "Harper", "Senior Marketing Executive", 36, 1, 120000, 28000, "m@gmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Mary", "Sunday", "Marketing Executive", 31, 5, 90000, 25000, "monica@bigmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Jack", "Sim", "Marketing Executive", 27, 1, 70000, 18000, "hal@gmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Joe", "Irvine", "Marketing Executive", 27, 1, 72000, 18000, "joseph@hotmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Henry", "Ali", "Customer Service Manager", 32, 3, 70000, 9000, "shahida@hotmail.com");
INSERT INTO employee (firstname, lastName, title, age, yearofservice, salary, perks, email) values ("Peter", "Champion", "Finance Manager", 32, 2, 120000, 25000, "peter@yahoo.com");

select * from employee_person;


update employee SET
       title = 'Web Developer'
       WHERE title = 'Web Designer';
       
select * from employee_person;
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