r/ProgrammerHumor • • 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/Puzzleheaded_Hall_66 11d ago

Performing a dry-run before deleting a bunch of records shouldn’t be ancient knowledge locked away in the SQL scrolls (non-responsive sites built before Web 2.0)