PostgreSQL, trascina e scambia

Esempio 1:

update kalksad1 set brred=_brred
from (
  select
    row_number() over (
      order by brred<2 desc, brred=4 desc, brred>=2 desc, brred
    ) as _brred,
    kalk_id as _kalk_id
  from kalksad1
  where brkalk=2
  order by _kalk_id
) as _
where kalk_id=_kalk_id and brred!=_brred;

Esempio 2:

update kalksad1 set brred=_brred
from (
  select
    row_number() over (
      order by brred<4 desc, brred!=1 desc, brred>=4 desc, brred
    ) as _brred,
    kalk_id as _kalk_id
  from kalksad1
  where brkalk=2
  order by _kalk_id
) as _
where kalk_id=_kalk_id and brred!=_brred;

Se hai un indice univoco su (brkalk,brred) allora sarebbe più complicato, poiché durante la rinumerazione ci saranno brred duplicati .

Ma per molte righe consiglierei di usare qualcosa che era molto utile ai tempi del linguaggio BASIC sui computer a 8 bit:numera le righe con gli spazi vuoti.

Quindi invece di:

(26, 2, 1, 'text index 26 doc 2 row 1'),
(30, 2, 2, 'text index 30 doc 2 row 2'),
(42, 2, 3, 'text index 42 doc 2 row 3'),
(43, 2, 4, 'text index 43 doc 2 row 4'),
(12, 2, 5, 'text index 12 doc 2 row 5'),

usa:

(26, 2, 1024, 'text index 26 doc 2 row 1'),
(30, 2, 2048, 'text index 30 doc 2 row 2'),
(42, 2, 3072, 'text index 42 doc 2 row 3'),
(43, 2, 4096, 'text index 43 doc 2 row 4'),
(12, 2, 5120, 'text index 12 doc 2 row 5'),

Quindi i tuoi esempi sarebbero semplicemente simili a:

(26, 2, 1024, 'text index 26 doc 2 row 1'),
(43, 2, 1536, 'text index 43 doc 2 row 4'),
(30, 2, 2048, 'text index 30 doc 2 row 2'),
(42, 2, 3072, 'text index 42 doc 2 row 3'),
(12, 2, 5120, 'text index 12 doc 2 row 5'),

(30, 2, 2048, 'text index 30 doc 2 row 2'),
(42, 2, 3072, 'text index 42 doc 2 row 3'),
(26, 2, 3584, 'text index 26 doc 2 row 1'),
(43, 2, 4096, 'text index 43 doc 2 row 4'),
(12, 2, 5120, 'text index 12 doc 2 row 5'),

update kalksad1 set brred=_brred*1024
from (
  select row_number() over (order by brred) as _brred, kalk_id as _kalk_id
  from kalksad1
  where brkalk=2
  order by _brred desc
) as _
where kalk_id=_kalk_id;