Update multiple rows in SQL Server with different table

Question

I have two tables let's say tables A and B . Each table has two columns ID and Name but the data in column Name of table A and B is different, but ID are the same, so I want to update column Name in table A with values from column Name in table B . How to achieve this? If any could be helpful

Answer 1

update tbl1 set tbl1.Name = tbl2.Name
from Table1 as tbl1
inner join Table2 as tbl2 on tbl1.Id = tbl2.Id

this is what your are looking for

Answer 2

Try with UPDATE using JOIN

  UPDATE TableA
  SET TableA.Name= TableB.Name
  FROM TableA INNER JOIN TableB 
  ON TableA.ID= TableB.ID

Answer 3

Here you can do as join

UPDATE table_a
SET table_a.Name = table_b.Name
FROM table_a
INNER JOIN table_b ON table_a.id = table_b.id