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Be Careful with Your Select * Queries notesonsystems.com

A slow page, a LONGTEXT column, and a VPN made me stop treating SELECT * as harmless.

3 points•theanonymousone•11 days ago•1 comment•

#select #careful #queries #select queries #vpn #longtext #column #stop

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mangeshmam111 days ago

Nice post. The maintainability angle was more interesting to me.

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