How to update two tables in one statement in SQL Server 2005?

Question

I want to update two tables in one go. How do I do that in SQL Server 2005?

UPDATE 
  Table1, 
  Table2
SET 
  Table1.LastName=\'DR. XXXXXX\', 
  Table2.WApr         


        

Answer 1

This works for MySQL and is really just an implicit transaction but it should go something like this:

UPDATE Table1 t1, Table2 t2 SET 
t2.field = t2.field+2,
t1.field = t1.field+2

WHERE t1.id = t2.foreign_id and t2.id = '123414'

if you are doing updates to multi tables that require multi statements… which is likely possible if you update one, then another based on other conditions… you should use a transaction.