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by MichaelBurge 3725 days ago
That's why he said, "If you're feeling lucky".
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Which in the world of databases is a synonym for "useless". Typical boutique SQL query strings can be anything from a few to a few dozen lines and the compiled form is typically cached by the SQL engine (if you're using parameterised variables, which you are, because not doing so is stupid and dangerous).

So why not be explicit?