select data from one table and update into another mysql code example

Example 1: mysql update table from another table

UPDATE tableB
INNER JOIN tableA ON tableB.name = tableA.name
SET tableB.value = IF(tableA.value > 0, tableA.value, tableB.value)
WHERE tableA.name = 'Joe'

Example 2: mysql update table from select on another table

UPDATE TableB 
SET TableB.value = (
    SELECT TableA.value 
    FROM TableA
    WHERE TableA.name = TableB.name
);

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