"UPDATE table_name SET w = $1, x = $2, z = $4 WHERE y = $3 RETURNING *",
does not do the same as
"UPDATE table_name SET w = $1, x = $2, y = $3, z = $4 RETURNING *",
It's 2 am and my mind blanked out the WHERE, and just wanted the numbers neatly in order of 1234.
idiot.
FML.
Unrelated, but use placeholders instead of interpolation right into the query.
See: Little Bobby Tables. https://xkcd.com/327/
That's what they're doing…
If true, great. I've not run across a language / RDBMs library that uses numbered place holders over the standard
?, but I'm sure someone's done it.