I write hundreds of lines of SQL every day, and that’s just for my day job. This repetition has allowed me to realize some exceptional tricks. Simple SQL tricks which help me write cleaner code, code that is easier to troubleshoot, guarantees more accurate data sets and is easier to manage as the query grows. So, here are three SQL tricks that I consistently use in every query I write:

SQL Tricks WHERE 1 = 1

This is one of my favorite SQL tricks that always causes people confusion when looking at my queries. I’ll reiterate this again later, but this is NOT a production ready trick, this is merely a tool to help make troubleshooting easier.

How does the WHERE 1=1 trick work?
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