Parameters $0$1 in generated query: postgresql barfs

[raarts]

Here's my code:

contacts.publish('contact', function(){ return contacts.select('id', 'firstname', 'lastname') .where('id != ?', 1) .order('firstname DESC') .limit(100); });

The query sent to postgres from my app is:

SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM contact WHERE id != $1 ORDER BY firstname DESC LIMIT 100;

But postgres says:

ERROR: there is no parameter $1 at character 58

If I recode as follows:

contacts.publish('contact', function(){ return contacts.select('id', 'firstname', 'lastname') .where("id != '1'") .order('firstname DESC') .limit(100); });
I get:

ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1" at character 54 SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM contact WHERE $0$1id != '1' ORDER BY firstname DESC LIMIT 100;

What's up with the positionals, they are inserted deliberately but postgres doesn't like them. I must be missing something