Imagine you have a database with a table named 'Contacts'. You've been asked to update a user's phone number. Which of the following is the BEST way to approach this task while ensuring accuracy and minimizing the impact on other data?
Perform an update operation without specifying any conditions.
Use the user's first name to find the correct record and update the phone number.
Locate the record by the user's unique ID, typically the primary key, and use an update statement to change the phone number.
Update the phone number field for all records in the 'Contacts' table.
The correct answer is to locate the specific record using a unique identifier such as the primary key and then perform the update operation. This ensures that only the intended record is modified and prevents unintentional changes to other records. Using a non-unique field, like a first name, could inadvertently update multiple records if more than one person shares the same name. Updating without a condition or updating the entire table would apply changes to all records, which is not the desired outcome.
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