update one table with data from another

Question

Table 1:

id    name    desc
-----------------------
1     a       abc
2     b       def
3     c       adf

Table 2:

id    na         


        

Answer 1

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.