On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 10:49 AM Glen Huang <heyhgl(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> If I decide to replace all my transaction code with CTE, will I shoot
> myself in the foot down the road?
>
I do this all the time and makes code way cleaner. It's very
straightforward with inserts queries. When you deal with updates/deletes,
things can be trickier. I usually leave these in a transaction if there is
any concern.
They can also be hard for future programmers that may not understand SQL.
Make sure you comment your queries for maintainability long term.
I have yet to regret replacing a transaction with a CTE over the past
decade. YMMV