Update one of 2 duplicates in an sql server database table

Question

I have got a table that got a column with duplicate values. I would like to update one of a 2 duplicate values so for example row1 = tom and row2 = tom

Answer 1

try this

with test as 
(
   select ROW_NUMBER() over (order by salary)rr, salary , emp_no 
   from salary
)update test set emp_no=10007 where emp_no='10002'  and rr=3