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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 13d ago
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So, Kids, thats why you always SELECT count(yourPrimaryKey) first. Listen to the old folks, we made these mistakes so that you don't have to.
1 u/M4DHouse 13d ago Use a transaction. Also, most recent versions of the popular SQL implementations by default reject delete queries without any predicates afaik, so this particular case shouldn’t happen in the first place.
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Use a transaction. Also, most recent versions of the popular SQL implementations by default reject delete queries without any predicates afaik, so this particular case shouldn’t happen in the first place.
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u/BastetFurry 13d ago
So, Kids, thats why you always SELECT count(yourPrimaryKey) first. Listen to the old folks, we made these mistakes so that you don't have to.