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I just ran a command
update sometable set col = '1';
by mistake without specifying the where condition.
Is it possible to recover the previous version of the table?
Unless you…
…then no, you’re out of luck, barring any backups of previous versions of the database you might have made yourself.
(If you don’t use transactions when manually entering queries, you might want to in the future to prevent headaches like the one you probably have now. They’re invaluable for mitigating the realized-5-seconds-later kind of mistake.)