How to write UPDATE SQL with Table alias in SQL Server 2008?
You can always take the CTE, (Common Tabular Expression), approach.
;WITH updateCTE AS
(
SELECT ID, TITLE
FROM HOLD_TABLE
WHERE ID = 101
)
UPDATE updateCTE
SET TITLE = 'TEST';
The syntax for using an alias in an update statement on SQL Server is as follows:
UPDATE Q
SET Q.TITLE = 'TEST'
FROM HOLD_TABLE Q
WHERE Q.ID = 101;
The alias should not be necessary here though.