>>>>Yes, and the programmer who doesn't recognize the difference between a row that can be deleted and one that shouldn't is a coder, not a programmer.
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>>>Making that determination isn't the role of the developer/programmer. Database practice managers make that determination - and set up the necessary logging (and making those logs accessible as required).
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>>I'm picturing Bill Gates and Paul Allen sitting in the garage waiting for the database practice manager to arrive so that they could program DOS.
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>You're trying to draw an analogy between a personal operating system with no security, and a database management system.
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>Let's get back to the surface, and the original issue of developers being asked/forced to do things that were clearly wrong. My point is that there are practices out there that are just as bad.

Agreed.