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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I did quite a few bad things like that early on. Now I never type UPDATE or DELETE without first doing a SELECT and WHERE. It's easy to convert to a DELETE and UPDATEs tend to effect only a few fields at a time so the extra effort is worth the peace of mind. It's a good habit to form, I can't even think of the last time I did anything horrible.