It helps reduce these possibilities by requiring a where clause for updates or deletes.
I guess if you get into a habit of adding where 1=1 to the end of your SQL, it kind of defeats the purpose.
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Postgres has a useful extension, pg_safeupdate
https://github.com/eradman/pg-safeupdate
It helps reduce these possibilities by requiring a where clause for updates or deletes.
I guess if you get into a habit of adding
where 1=1to the end of your SQL, it kind of defeats the purpose.MySQL (and by extension, MariaDB) has an even better option:
mysql --i-am-a-dummy
Amazing! These are going in my.conf ASAP.
Transactions help more, IMO. The 1=1 becomes a real habit.