Re: Would be really nice if...

but when you present the reciept for 13 donuts and the boss only saw 12, you'll be waiting a long time for that reimbursement check.

Just admit it. select * is not safe.

Does no one practice defensive programming anymore?

One guideline I've tried to follow in my development practice: It's not how well it work when it works that's important, but how well it works when it doesn't work that's important.

the "select * exclude" syntax doesn't buy you any protection over the "select *" but an explicit list Always gets the data it expects. Proponents of "select * exclude" are arguing for saving a little programmer time now while leaving a big window for future errors.

Ed Received on Thu Feb 24 2005 - 13:06:02 CST