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Databases/SurrealDB/Command line interface.md

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 ## SQL mode
 
 SurrealDB has a SQL-like (not compatible with ANSI SQL) language one can use for running (or piping) SurrealQL queries. You can find the syntax and some examples over [here](./Syntax).
+

Databases/SurrealDB/Syntax.md

@@ -74,4 +74,20 @@ SELECT ->likes->friend.name AS friends FROM person:tobie;
 -- Use the result of a subquery as a returned field
 SELECT *, (SELECT * FROM events WHERE type = 'activity' LIMIT 5) AS history FROM user;
 ```
-### `UPDATE` 
+### `UPDATE` examples
+```SQL
+-- Update all records in a table
+UPDATE person SET skills += ['breathing'];
+
+-- Update or create a record with a specific numeric id
+UPDATE person:100 SET name = 'Tobie', company = 'SurrealDB', skills = ['Rust', 'Go', 'JavaScript'];
+
+-- Update or create a record with a specific string id
+UPDATE person:tobie SET name = 'Tobie', company = 'SurrealDB', skills = ['Rust', 'Go', 'JavaScript'];
+
+-- Update just a single record
+-- Using the ONLY keyword, just an object for the record in question will be returned.
+-- This, instead of an array with a single object.
+UPDATE ONLY person:tobie SET name = 'Tobie', company = 'SurrealDB', skills = ['Rust', 'Go', 'JavaScript'];
+```
+