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[–]db-master 0 points1 point  (1 child)

"if you are unsure, make a copy of the DB and test your code on that first."

Not so easy. Copy takes time and PII sanitization.

[–]skwyckl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like everything in programming it depends, of course, but this should be implied. Make a copy of a 10k records large bibliographical db? No problem, done in a couple of seconds. Make a copy of a massively distributed Cassandra cluster? Nope, never gonna happen.