Re: sql disaster - subquery error but delete continues

Greg Caulton, 10.09.2010 11:46:
> delete from form_record_details where form_record_id in (select form_record_id from forms where form_id= 40003656)
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> Seems fine at 1am.
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> However the subquery has a typo in it - there is no form_record_id in the forms table
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> But rather than psql throwing an error...
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> it deletes every row in the form_record_details table
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> please tell me this is fixed since 8.3

This is not a bug.

I assume there is a form_record_id in the table form_record_details. As you have not used table prefixes or aliases,
youare simply referencing the form_record_id from the "outer" table in the subquery.
 

Thomas