Modifying a column in a table

Question

I have the following table test

iD Name    ParentId   GroupID
-----------------------------
1            1        Null
2            1        Null
3         


        

Answer 1

UPDATE test SET GroupID = 1 WHERE ParentId = 1
UPDATE test SET GroupID = 2 WHERE ParentId = 7
UPDATE test SET GroupID = 3 WHERE ParentId = 9

Answer 2

; WITH CTE 
AS
 (
 SELECT iDName, ParentId, GroupID,
        DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY ParentId ASC) RN
  FROM Test
 )
UPDATE CTE 
SET GroupID = RN

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