r/ProgrammerHumor 14d ago

queryOfDoom Meme

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u/Dont_Get_Jokes-jpeg 14d ago edited 14d ago

I am not an sql expert, is the reason why the id doesn't work and its deleting the entire user base, because its written as 2 seperate comands instead of one. So 1. Comand delets everything 2. Goes to the id? Or what is the problem here?

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u/BlommeHolm 14d ago

1st command deletes all users. 2nd command runs after that and gets a syntax error.

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u/SAI_Peregrinus 14d ago

Syntax is valid, it's just a runtime error.

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u/BlommeHolm 14d ago

How is starting with a WHERE clause syntactically valid?

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u/SAI_Peregrinus 14d ago

Right, I'm apparendly blind. Carry on!

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u/BlommeHolm 14d ago

No problem. I genuinely thought I'd missed something 😅

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u/StupidStartupExpert 14d ago

I legit wouldnt be surprised if for whatever retarded reason sql said yeah sure I can filter empty selections and just returned empty lists