supabase/web/docs/library/patch.mdx

---
id: patch
title: 'Updating'
description: 'How to update records in your database with Supabase'
---


import DummyData from '../common/DummyData.mdx'
import Collapsable from '../../src/components/Collapsable'
import CommonResponses from '../common/CommonResponses.mdx'
import CommonFilters from '../common/CommonFilters'
import FromFunction from '../common/FromFunction.mdx'

<DummyData />

### Update record

This example how to update a country:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->
```js {7-10}
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'

const supabase = createClient('https://world.supabase.co', '1a2b-3c4d-5e6f-7g8h')

const updateCountryName = async () => {
  try {
    let updates = await supabase
      .from('countries')
      .udpate({ name: 'Middle Earth' })
      .match({ name: 'New Zealand' })

    return updates
  } catch (error) {
    console.log('Error: ', error)
  }
}
```

<Collapsable title="Toggle Example Response">

@todo

</Collapsable>


## Reference

### `from()`
<FromFunction verb='patch' />

### `update()`
```js {3}
supabase
  .from(tableName)
  .udpate(data, options?)
```
   
#### `data: object`
New record values.

#### `options: object?`   

```js
const options = {
  bulk: false // Protects against bulk updates. Set to true if you intend to perform a bulk change.
}
```

----

## Filtering

### `filter()`
<CommonFilters filter='filter'/>

### `match()`
<CommonFilters filter='match'/>

### `eq()`
<CommonFilters filter='eq'/>

### `gt()`
<CommonFilters filter='gt'/>

### `lt()`
<CommonFilters filter='lt'/>

### `gte()`
<CommonFilters filter='gte'/>

### `lte()`
<CommonFilters filter='lte'/>

### `like()`
<CommonFilters filter='like'/>

### `ilike()`
<CommonFilters filter='ilike'/>

### `is()`
<CommonFilters filter='is'/>

### `in()`
<CommonFilters filter='in'/>

### `not()`
<CommonFilters filter='not'/>

## Responses

#### 200 OK
Successful

<CommonResponses />