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I accidentally removed the WHERE clause from my SQL query in a personal tool. Every row is now the same. I overwrote 206,000+ rows. I have no backup, I am stupid. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by drekly@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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"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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[-] bappity@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

who thought it was a good idea to make the where condition in SQL syntax only correct after the set?? disaster waiting to happen

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

The people designing SQL, not having learned from the mistakes of COBOL, thought that having the syntax as close to English as possible will make it more readable.

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