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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.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You’ve never made a silly mistake where you “can’t see the forest for the trees”?

It happens to the best of us

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

One time I've been trying to force UE5 to let me edit TArray, an hour later I realized I could just use TMap

[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

The title was an over exaggeration on my part

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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…

[–] SmartmanApps 5 points 5 months ago

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

You may think you're joking, but as a Maths teacher I can tell you I have seen a lot of posts where someone makes a mistake with their signs, then uses their wrong answer to declare "The rules of Maths are wrong! Look - different answer!". Yeah umm, try working on getting your arithmetic right first before claiming to have "proved" something. 😂

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago