Bulk Record Update with SQL

Your way is correct, and here is another way you can do it:

update      Table1
set         Description = t2.Description
from        Table1 t1
inner join  Table2 t2
on          t1.DescriptionID = t2.ID

The nested select is the long way of just doing a join.

You can do this through a regular UPDATE with a JOIN

UPDATE T1
SET Description = T2.Description
   FROM Table1 T1
      JOIN Table2 T2
         ON T2.ID = T1.DescriptionId

Your approach is OK

Maybe slightly clearer (to me anyway!)

UPDATE
  T1
SET
  [Description] = t2.[Description]
FROM
   Table1 T1
   JOIN
   [Table2] t2 ON t2.[ID] = t1.DescriptionID

Both this and your query should run the same performance wise because it is the same query, just laid out differently.

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