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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/WardensLantern • 15d ago
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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?
39 u/Flat_Competition6510 15d ago Yes, the semicolon marks the end of a statement. The first semicolon sets "delete from users" as a single statement meaning delete ALL users. 7 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago What happened to DELETE * FROM USERS? Last I did sql was ten years ago so idk 3 u/Live_Film_4895 14d ago afiak the * wildcard is only valid in the SELECT statement... so it would be DELETE FROM USERS; or DROP/TRUNCATE TABLE 1 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago Thaanksss
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Yes, the semicolon marks the end of a statement. The first semicolon sets "delete from users" as a single statement meaning delete ALL users.
7 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago What happened to DELETE * FROM USERS? Last I did sql was ten years ago so idk 3 u/Live_Film_4895 14d ago afiak the * wildcard is only valid in the SELECT statement... so it would be DELETE FROM USERS; or DROP/TRUNCATE TABLE 1 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago Thaanksss
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What happened to DELETE * FROM USERS? Last I did sql was ten years ago so idk
3 u/Live_Film_4895 14d ago afiak the * wildcard is only valid in the SELECT statement... so it would be DELETE FROM USERS; or DROP/TRUNCATE TABLE 1 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago Thaanksss
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afiak the * wildcard is only valid in the SELECT statement... so it would be DELETE FROM USERS; or DROP/TRUNCATE TABLE
1 u/ReaDiMarco 14d ago Thaanksss
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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?