select and update multiple records in a table sql code example

Example: sql update multiple tables

/*You can't update multiple tables in one statement,
however, you can use a transaction to make sure that
two UPDATE statements are treated atomically.
You can also batch them to avoid a round trip.*/


BEGIN TRANSACTION;

UPDATE Table1
  SET Table1.LastName = 'DR. XXXXXX' 
FROM Table1 T1, Table2 T2
WHERE T1.id = T2.id
and T1.id = '011008';

UPDATE Table2
SET Table2.WAprrs = 'start,stop'
FROM Table1 T1, Table2 T2
WHERE T1.id = T2.id
and T1.id = '011008';

COMMIT;