Update query using Subquery in Sql Server

Question

I have a simple table Structure like this:

Table tempData

╔══════════╦═══════╗
║   NAME   ║ MARKS ║
╠══════════╬═══         


        

Answer 1

because you are just learning I suggest you practice converting a SELECT joins to UPDATE or DELETE joins. First I suggest you generate a SELECT statement joining these two tables:

SELECT *
FROM    tempDataView a
        INNER JOIN tempData b
            ON a.Name = b.Name

Then note that we have two table aliases a and b. Using these aliases you can easily generate UPDATE statement to update either table a or b. For table a you have an answer provided by JW. If you want to update b, the statement will be:

UPDATE  b
SET     b.marks = a.marks
FROM    tempDataView a
        INNER JOIN tempData b
            ON a.Name = b.Name

Now, to convert the statement to a DELETE statement use the same approach. The statement below will delete from a only (leaving b intact) for those records that match by name:

DELETE a
FROM    tempDataView a
        INNER JOIN tempData b
            ON a.Name = b.Name

You can use the SQL Fiddle created by JW as a playground