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Jumpshot44

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Bravo!
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kamen

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8y

I know almost nothing about DBs, but I smell that this can have unforeseen consequences.
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davejlong

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8y

Better yet: Always write DELETE and UPDATE statements as SELECT statements first.
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rantymcrantface

460

8y

Duh. Just add WHERE 1, especially on prod.
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ptrotter

397

8y

Getting in the habit of using BEGIN TRAN is a good idea too.
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zzguy

603

8y

And start everything with begin; so you can always rollback; when you deleted a million rows instead of 2.
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tomabolt

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8y

@zzguy I'm confident, I always check the auto commit option.
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gggggggggg

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@Nifled Are you talking from experience?
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ScribeOfGoD

7349

8y

Gotta love backups
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DanijelH

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8y

I always wrap statements in begin and roll back transaction block while I'm on production. Just in case xD
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Nifled

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8y

@gggggggggg Yes, but luckily I always keep a backup. 😊
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Mentalbrake

67

8y

Yes just use DROP
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damjangkae

27

8y

Also do LIMIT just in case.
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thecritic

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8y

I tried it on the toilet, in the garden and even in the park! No matter WHERE I try it, the result is still the same.
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vectormike

4

8y

@damjangkae always limit!!!! :)
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Shago

303

8y

But there was an error on the WEHRE so I removed it. Works every time. ✌
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vectormike

4

8y

@Shago maybe because you typed wehre :)
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Shago

303

8y

@vectormike your liyng my SLQ are foolproff!!!
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uxmedic

215

8y

Here, have the 300th ++. :)

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