Motivation At some point in the carrer, we have come across the problem of hard-coded values in SELECT or WHERE clauses. And we all agree that these hardcoded values must be parametrised. This bad habit usually backfires when we need to troubleshoot a query. These hardcoded values are usually a business role baked in the […]
2022-10-18 (first published: 2022-09-02)
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