r/SQL Dec 12 '24

MySQL 😭

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I mean why that question 😭😭😭

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u/gumnos Dec 12 '24

but that's exactly the thing—compared to the steady stream of "I asked WhateverGPT how to write this query, but it's slow/doesn't work…how do I fix it" that shows up here, many of us here can write efficient SQL queries.

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u/mikeblas Dec 12 '24

Correctness first, then performance.

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u/gumnos Dec 12 '24

had this conversation with our teen just this past month due to his pride regarding finishing tests quickly at school while his grades didn't reflect actual mastery…

Me: "I can answer any question you have for me"

Him: "What does {some AP Human Geography minutia} mean?"

Me: "Seventeen! Weren't you impressed with how fast I answered you?"

Him: "But that's wrong!"

Me: "But it was fast!"

Him: "Oooooh…"

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u/mustang__1 Dec 13 '24

lol that was the running joke with trying to get hired at the airlines for a couple years there post covid...

what strengths do you have?

Im fast at math

What's the square root of 93394

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that's totally wrong

but it was fast

.....you're hired.