ODBC Driver for Workday

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Modifying Data

The following code examples show how to use data modification statements.

Procedure for Updates

You can use Exec to execute data modification statements. Exec returns a Result value which contains the number of affected rows.

INSERT

To insert updates:

result, _ := db.Exec("INSERT INTO [CData].[Human_Resources].Workers (Legal_Name_Last_Name) VALUES ('John')")
affected, _ := result.RowsAffected()

UPDATE

To retrieve updates:

result, _ := db.Exec("UPDATE [CData].[Human_Resources].Workers SET Legal_Name_Last_Name = 'John' WHERE Worker_Reference_WID = 'Morgan'")
affected, _ := result.RowsAffected()

DELETE

To delete updates:

result, _ := db.Exec("DELETE FROM [CData].[Human_Resources].Workers WHERE Id = '0e44c92412d34b01ace61e80a47aaf6d'")
affected, _ := result.RowsAffected()

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