Using Limit and offset in Sqlite update statmet

Question

update table set column_name limit 3 offset 2;

The above query is not working.

Throws error

sql error: syntax error near 'limit'.

Answer 1

An UPDATE statement expects a new value after the column_name, like this:

update thetable set column_name = 'some new value'

Furthermore, the documentation mentions that you need to have compiled SQLite with the SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT option, which is not enabled by default.