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[–] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can also do this by forgetting a WHERE clause. I know this because I ruined a production database in my early years.

Always write your where before your insert, kids.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Always start every command with EXPLAIN and don't remove it until you've run it

[–] bitflag@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I learned the same lesson the same way 😞