This should get you started...
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#table1') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #table1;
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#table2') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #table2;
CREATE TABLE #table1 (sno int unique NOT NULL, [sid] int NULL, sname varchar(2) unique NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE #table2 (ano int unique NOT NULL, [aid] int NULL, aname varchar(2) unique NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO #table1
SELECT 1,Null,'A' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,Null,'B' UNION ALL
SELECT 3,Null,'C' UNION ALL
SELECT 4,Null,'D' UNION ALL
SELECT 5,Null,'E';
INSERT INTO #table2
SELECT 1,55,'AA' UNION ALL
SELECT 2,32,'BB' UNION ALL
SELECT 3,53,'CC' UNION ALL
SELECT 4,10,'DD' UNION ALL
SELECT 5,10,'EE';
-- Here's what we need #table 1 to look like:
SELECTt1.sno,
t2.aid,
t1.sname
FROM #table1 t1
JOIN #table2 t2 ON t1.sno=t2.ano;
-- This will do it (Update based on a join)
UPDATE t1
SET t1.[sid]=t2.aid
FROM #table1 t1
JOIN #table2 t2 ON t1.sno=t2.ano;
-- did it work?
SELECT * FROM #table1;
--cleanup
DROP TABLE #table1;
DROP TABLE #table2;
GO
-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001