On Sep 17, 2010, at 16:12 , Carlos Mennens wrote: > I noticed that my database was in order based on my primary key column > called 'id' which when from 1 (first) to 6 (last). Today I had to edit > table data which wasn't anything crazy: > > team=#ALTER users SET name = 'David' WHERE id = '1'; > UPDATE 1 This isn't valid syntax: I believe you issued UPDATE users.... Postgres (nor any other SQL RDBMS) does not guarantee row order unless you specify it with an ORDER BY clause. Michael Glaesemann grzm seespotcode net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general