627_Swap Salary

Given a table salary, such as the one below, that has m=male and f=female values. Swap all f and m values (i.e., change all f values to m and vice versa) with a single update query and no intermediate temp table.

For example:

| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1  | A    | m   | 2500   |
| 2  | B    | f   | 1500   |
| 3  | C    | m   | 5500   |
| 4  | D    | f   | 500    |

After running your query, the above salary table should have the following rows:

| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1  | A    | f   | 2500   |
| 2  | B    | m   | 1500   |
| 3  | C    | f   | 5500   |
| 4  | D    | m   | 500    |

Solution 1: using IF() function

IF(condition, value_if_true, value_if_false)

UPDATE salary
SET sex = IF(sex = "m", "f", "m");

Solution 2: using CASE syntax

UPDATE salary
SET sex = CASE sex
           WHEN "m" THEN "f"
           WHEN "f" THEN "m"
           END;