How to write UPDATE SQL with Table alias in SQL Server 2008?

May 21, 2022 by IT Nursery

I have a very basic UPDATE SQL –

UPDATE HOLD_TABLE Q SET Q.TITLE = 'TEST' WHERE Q.ID = 101;

This query runs fine in Oracle, Derby, MySQL – but it fails in SQL server 2008
with following error:

“Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near ‘Q’.”

If I remove all occurrences of the alias, “Q” from SQL then it works.

But I need to use the alias.

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