Where 1 = 1

From: Ed Bittel <bitlist_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:35:55 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003B5338.20011025162023@fatcity.com>

I was monitoring a load test of my company's new application when I came across something interesting. One of the more monstrous queries had the following as part of its WHERE clause: 'AND 1 = 1'

Has anyone seen this used before? What is it supposed to achieve?

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