Title before edit: I hate programming, why did i choose this field

TL;DR: Stupid mistake, made by hours waste.

Basically, I was extracting date from the SQL db, and it was not displaying. I tried everything, heck I even went to chatgpt, and copilot. Two and half hours of trying every single thing under the sun, you know what was the issue?

SELECT task, status, id FROM mainWorkSpace WHERE user_id = @user_id

I FUCKING FORGOT TO ADD ‘date’ TO THE DAMN QUERY. TWO AND HALF HOURS. I was like, “Ain’t no way.” as I scrolled up to the query and there it was, a slap in the face, and you know what was the fix?

SELECT task, status, date, id FROM mainWorkSpace WHERE user_id = @user_id

Moral of the story, don’t become a programmer, become a professional cat herder instead.

  • Redacted@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yes of course, but it’s not the sort of thing I’d make a rant post criticising the entirety of programming about.

    It’s like going to a mathematics forum and declaring “Guyz I forgot to carry a 1, screw Maths.”

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      5 months ago

      Because developers are all logical and don’t EVER show anger at the systems they’re working on…. Hahahaha…

      I mean I personally wouldn’t post about it, but I’d probably rant over lunch at my stupidity…

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        5 months ago

        There’s a difference between ranting to your coworkers at lunch about a stupid mistake and typing out a full rage essay.

        Imagine the state of the sub if we all did that… Wait…

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          5 months ago

          This “full on rage essay” is nine sentences, including the tl;dr and the sentence fragments. There’s really not a big difference between telling your coworkers a story like this and posting about it on social media.