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Re:I don't need your query language by jmull on Saturday June 17, 2023 @08:58AM (#36369823)
> An experienced person won't do that.

I’m very experienced and do that kind of thing all the time.

Also, your “SELECT 1” technique seems like practically the same thing, except I guess you discover column names from autocomplete tooling rather than query output. (To my mind the difference is inconsequential.)

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Re:I don't need your query language by weinzierl on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:45AM (#36371214)
Me too and I don't even bother with LIMIT 10. However, the "proper" experienced way would be DESCRIBE I guess.
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