PostgreSQL, arrastrar e intercambiar

Ejemplo 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;

Ejemplo 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;

Si tiene un índice único en (brkalk,brred) entonces sería más complicado, ya que durante la renumeración habrá brred duplicados .

Pero para muchas filas recomendaría usar algo que fue muy útil en los días del lenguaje BÁSICO en computadoras de 8 bits:numere sus filas con espacios.

Así que en lugar de:

(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'),

usar:

(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'),

Entonces sus ejemplos se verían así:

(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;