Correlated Subqueries which Don’t

Daniel Hutmacher gives us an eye test:

The developer wrote this pretty little query to show us which accounts are up for review (which in our case means they have a “30” flag).

SELECT account, balance, 'For review' AS [status]
FROM #accounts WHERE account IN (SELECT account FROM #accountFlags WHERE flag=30) ORDER BY account;

Did you spot it?

I did, but in fairness, I’ve been burned enough times by this that I check for it.