"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.

      • Nailbar@sopuli.xyz
        16·
        1 year ago

        By running a select query first, you get a nice list of the rows you are going to change. If the list is the entire set, you'll likely notice.

        If it looks good, you run the update query using the same where clause.

        But that's for manual changes. OP's update statement looks like it might be generated from code, in which case this wouldn't have helped.

    • drekly@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I did when I made the query a year ago. Dumdum sleep deprived brain thought it would look more organised this way