I always run the selection criteria through SELECT first and verify the
results before updating. Does not matter the database (DB2 with or
without journaling/commitment control, SQL Server, etc.).
Loyd
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:37 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: AW: Modernizing applications
No problem, my colleague logged in and typed the SQL statement, but
missed
something or wrote > instead of < or something like this. Immediately
after
pressing enter he saw his mistake, but even though he cancelled the
query
immediately a few hundred rows were deleted.
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