Oracle SQL: Update a table with data from another table

First time I used a correlated update in a script I had to do.

In oracle SQL, how do I run an sql update query that can update Table 1 with Table 2’s name and desc using the same id?
This is called a correlated update

UPDATE table1 t1
   SET (name, desc) = (SELECT t2.name, t2.desc
                         FROM table2 t2
                        WHERE t1.id = t2.id)
 WHERE EXISTS (
    SELECT 1
      FROM table2 t2
     WHERE t1.id = t2.id )

Assuming the join results in a key-preserved view, you could also

UPDATE (SELECT t1.id,
               t1.name name1,
               t1.desc desc1,
               t2.name name2,
               t2.desc desc2
          FROM table1 t1,
               table2 t2
         WHERE t1.id = t2.id)
   SET name1 = name2,
       desc1 = desc2

 
 
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