By choosing one or multiple columns and add a condition we can update existing rows.

-- set active column of all rows in `users` table
-- when you don't provide a where condition with your update it will
-- update all rows in your table
-- Don't run this query on your sample database, until you know what you're doing
UPDATE
  users
SET
  active = true;

-- update first name and last name of a user based on his email
UPDATE
  users
SET
  first_name = 'Jamie',
  last_name = 'Smith'
WHERE
  email = '[email protected]';

-- Update price of a product based on its current value
-- -add price by 10
UPDATE
  products
SET
  price = price + 10,
WHERE
  id = 45;

PostgreSQL docs