update one table with data from another

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Table 1   id    name    desc ----------------------- 1     a       abc 2     b       def 3     c       adf   Table 2   id    name    desc ----------------------- 1     x       123 2     y       345   How do I run an sql update query that can update Table 1 with Table 2 s name and desc using the same id  So the end result I would get is  Table 1   id    name    desc ----------------------- 1     x       123 2     y       345 3     c       adf   How can this be done for    SQL Server MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle

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UPDATE table1 SET   ID     SELECT table2 id FROM table2 WHERE table1  name  table2  name

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Use the following block of query to update Table1 with Table2 based on ID   UPDATE Table1  Table2  SET Table1 DataColumn  Table2 DataColumn where Table1 ID  Table2 ID    This is the easiest and fastest way to tackle this problem

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Try following code  It is working for me      UPDATE TableOne  SET  field1   SELECT TableTwo field1 FROM TableTwo WHERE TableOne id TableTwo id   field2   SELECT TableTwo field2 FROM TableTwo WHERE TableOne id TableTwo id  WHERE TableOne id    SELECT  TableTwo id                               FROM   TableTwo                               WHERE  TableOne id   TableTwo id

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For MySql   UPDATE table1 JOIN table2      ON table1 id   table2 id SET table1 name   table2 name      table1  desc    table2  desc    For Sql Server   UPDATE   table1 SET table1 name   table2 name      table1  desc    table2  desc  FROM table1 JOIN table2     ON table1 id   table2 id

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Oracle 11g R2   create table table1     id number    name varchar2 10     desc  varchar2 10      create table table2     id number    name varchar2 10     desc  varchar2 10      insert into table1 values 1   a    abc    insert into table1 values 2   b    def    insert into table1 values 3   c    ghi     insert into table2 values 1   x    123    insert into table2 values 2   y    456     merge into table1 t1 using  select   from table2  t2 on  t1 id   t2 id  when matched then update set t1 name   t2 name  t1 desc    t2 desc    select   from table1           ID NAME       DESC  ---------- ---------- ----------          1 x          123          2 y          456          3 c          ghi   See also Oracle - Update statement with inner join

[sql] update one table with data from another

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