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  3. April 2008

Re: Classic trap : using SQL while not fully competent

Joe Pluta wrote:
Then again, SQL considers SELECT * FROM FILE WHERE '1' = '0' to be valid syntax, so I guess it only follows that the WHERE clause wouldn't cause it to fail.

I don't think this is really unreasonable. Consider that any programming language that I know of will let you say

do until (true = false)
// something I want to do forever


If you can come up with syntax checkers that can capture most logic errors (without any false positives), then to paraphrase (fake) Sean Connery: "You're sitting on a gold mine Pluta!" :)

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