Yeah, I wanted to say the same but i thought it might sound too 'high brow'.

Actually though, I think techies often begin with the expectation that a non-techie hasn't...

All I can take from this article is the mantra "If you're going to write code then make make sure you write it properly, and test it properly"

If you're worried...

Looks like performance could suffer depending on the indexing available and the parameters available. Therefore, I would not use the technique unless the parameters simply to 'refine' a result...