Increment column value with simple update statement sql

To increment a column value in sql table with simple update statement is shown below.

DECLARE @incrementer bigint

SET @incrementer = 0

update

tablename

set @incrementer = columnname= @incrementer + 1

This can be achieved even with cursors but we all know the disadvantages of cursors in sql.

This query works even, if column is NULL.

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