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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I didn't put a WHERE clause in that DELETE statement"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a side note, DBeaver actually asks for confirmation if it thinks you are about to do something wonky. I think it's quite telling just how common this mistake is. We've all been there

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Update and delete should require a where clause. You can always use true or 1 = 1, the gain from omitting it is minimal.

The fact that no DBMS ever decided to implement this, not even as an option is quite distressing.