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title: "db:update — Update rows"
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# db:update — Update rows

DB:UPDATE executes a SQL/DML update statement that updates fields of existing rows in a table within the database.

### Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
| var_data | var |  | Variable name for associated field name and value pairs |
| table | string |  | Table name |

### Children
- (none)

### Parents
- db:connection

### Result
- (none documented)