"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.
That’s an easy one to recover from:
Simply fake your own death and become a goat herder in Guatemala.
I still remember that time (hours ago) when “fake your own death” was the top voted recommendation for recovering from a SQL mistake.