<code>create table PenPals(name text, street text, zip text); insert into PenPals(name) values ('Fran'),('George'); create table KnownZips(name text, zip text); insert into KnownZips(name,zip) values ('George','12345'),('Fran','67890'); update PenPals as pp set zip=(select kz.zip from KnownZips kz where kz.name=pp.name); .header on select name, zip from PenPals; name|zip Fran|67890 George|12345 </code>