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by mickeyp
71 days ago
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I'll go one further and say that if you're reaching for DISTINCT and you have joins, you may have joined the data the wrong way. It's not a RULE, but it's ALWAYS a 'smell' when I see a query that uses DISTINCT to shove away duplicate matches. I always add a comment for the exceptions. |
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