How to copy one column of a table into another table's column in PostgreSQL comparing same ID

Question

I need to copy ref_id1 from table1 TO the column ref_id2 in the table2 the two things matching will be : id (same column name), a_ref1 & b_ref1 (column names are differe

Answer 1

UPDATE public.clean_trips_byobu
SET trip_dist = clean_trips.bktp_mt_total
FROM public.clean_trips 
WHERE public.clean_trips.obu_id = clean_trips_byobu.obu_id
AND clean_trips.bktp_trip_id = clean_trips_byobu.trip_id;

Hope it will work for you.