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.
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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.
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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.

@evatronic@lemm.ee
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Unrelated, but use placeholders instead of interpolation right into the query.

See: Little Bobby Tables. https://xkcd.com/327/

@sim642@lemm.ee
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That’s what they’re doing…

@evatronic@lemm.ee
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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.

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