"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.

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    That’s an easy one to recover from:
    Simply fake your own death and become a goat herder in Guatemala.

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      I still remember that time (hours ago) when “fake your own death” was the top voted recommendation for recovering from a SQL mistake.