@rr7@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoI think I leave early todaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down12
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minus-square@cashews_win@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years ago“I didn’t put a WHERE clause in that DELETE statement”
minus-squareEmasXPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoAs a side note, DBeaver actually asks for confirmation if it thinks you are about to do something wonky. I think it’s quite telling just how common this mistake is. We’ve all been there
minus-square@marcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoUpdate and delete should require a where clause. You can always use true or 1 = 1, the gain from omitting it is minimal. The fact that no DBMS ever decided to implement this, not even as an option is quite distressing.
“I didn’t put a WHERE clause in that DELETE statement”
As a side note, DBeaver actually asks for confirmation if it thinks you are about to do something wonky. I think it’s quite telling just how common this mistake is. We’ve all been there
Update and delete should require a where clause. You can always use true or 1 = 1, the gain from omitting it is minimal.
The fact that no DBMS ever decided to implement this, not even as an option is quite distressing.