Is it poor practice to build an SQL query using WHERE 1=1 AND ...

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Published on 2010-04-12T15:42:01Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 15:43 UTC
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I'm writing a script that builds an SQL query by concatenating the string and adding conditions to the WHERE clause as needed.

Would it be better practice to use WHERE 1=1 so that the first condition is satisfied and the script can just concatenate an AND x = 'y' to the query, or should I write the extra code to check if a clause has been added and if not, add the AND ?

Confusing question, I know. Let me know if I need to be more clear.

Rob

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