Re: Missing row after update

On 06/07/2012 06:57 AM, Dinsdale wrote:
 > Hi there. I am new to Postgresql but very familiar with RDBMS. We are
 > running 8.4 on windows serer 2008 r2. I was updating a record through
 > pgAdmin and was being an a$$ and pressed the run button multiple times
 > and then the record just disappeared. Update query:
 >
 > update jaas_login set password=md5(login_name || ':' || realm_name ||
 > ':Password123'), has_logged_in = false, modified=now(),
 > failed_attempts=0 where login_name like 'CompanyAdmin@%';

So just to be clear the above was what was run multiple times?

 >
 > I cannot find the record at all so tried to re-insert it and the query
 > just runs and runs and runs.

Select * from jaas_login where login_name like CompanyAdmin@%'; shows
nothing?

What is your INSERT query?
 >
 > We thought we had backups of this DB but all we have are dump files
 > and I really really don't want to have to restore if I can avoid it. I
 > find it hard to believe that a db as advanced as postgresql will just
 > "lose" data and there has to be some explaination for where the record
 > is.

I tend to doubt it just disappeared.
 >
 > Any help would really save my butt. Thanks
 >
 > Dinsdale
 >



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