Update a contact

Updates an existing contact by ID. Set the properties you want to change in the SET clause; uncomment other lines to update additional custom properties.

Standard SQL query example

This is the base query accepted by the connector. To execute it in SQL Server, you have to pass it to the Data Gateway via a Linked Server. See how to accomplish this using the examples below.

UPDATE Contacts
SET firstname='Brian',
    lastname='Halligan (Sample Contact)'
    --, custom_number=12.12
    --, custom_date='2023-01-01'
    --, custom_string='My Test<<FUN_NOW>>'
    --, custom_richtext='<p><span style="color: #b5b5b5;">##-Please reply-##</span></p>'
    --, custom_multi_select='Blue;Yellow;Black'
    --, custom_pickuser=45581955
    --, custom_dropdown='BB'
    --, custom_checkbox='true'
WHERE Id=51

Using OPENQUERY in SQL Server

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY([LS_TO_HUBSPOT_IN_GATEWAY], 'UPDATE Contacts
SET firstname=''Brian'',
    lastname=''Halligan (Sample Contact)''
    --, custom_number=12.12
    --, custom_date=''2023-01-01''
    --, custom_string=''My Test<<FUN_NOW>>''
    --, custom_richtext=''<p><span style="color: #b5b5b5;">##-Please reply-##</span></p>''
    --, custom_multi_select=''Blue;Yellow;Black''
    --, custom_pickuser=45581955
    --, custom_dropdown=''BB''
    --, custom_checkbox=''true''
WHERE Id=51')

Using EXEC in SQL Server (handling larger SQL text)

The major drawback of OPENQUERY is its inability to incorporate variables within SQL statements. This often leads to the use of cumbersome dynamic SQL (with numerous ticks and escape characters).

Fortunately, starting with SQL 2005 and onwards, you can utilize the EXEC (your_sql) AT [LS_TO_HUBSPOT_IN_GATEWAY] syntax.

DECLARE @MyQuery NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'UPDATE Contacts
SET firstname=''Brian'',
    lastname=''Halligan (Sample Contact)''
    --, custom_number=12.12
    --, custom_date=''2023-01-01''
    --, custom_string=''My Test<<FUN_NOW>>''
    --, custom_richtext=''<p><span style="color: #b5b5b5;">##-Please reply-##</span></p>''
    --, custom_multi_select=''Blue;Yellow;Black''
    --, custom_pickuser=45581955
    --, custom_dropdown=''BB''
    --, custom_checkbox=''true''
WHERE Id=51'
EXEC (@MyQuery) AT [LS_TO_HUBSPOT_IN_GATEWAY]