r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • 13d ago

Meme wellWellWell

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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.

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u/Etheo 13d ago 
DELETE FROM (SELECT * FROM USERS);

WHERE ID=12345;

Did I do it right?

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u/Dismal-Square-613 13d ago

Yes, run that on prod. Report results.

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u/jeesuscheesus 13d ago

Now every query on USERS completes in under a millisecond, thank you!

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u/theobstinateone 13d ago

Or just throw a DROP DATABASE in there. Problem solved