Antipattern: A Shortcut That Gets You Lost
Let’s understand how using implicit columns creates issues in a database.
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Although using wildcards and unnamed columns satisfies the goal of less typing, this habit creates several hazards.
Breaking refactoring
Let’s suppose we need to add a column to the Bugs
table, such as date_due
, for scheduling purposes.
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