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I am so adding this to a query api I have, where its all too easy to leave off constraints and end up asking for massive data sets by mistake.

Thinking I can probably enhance it by forcing the user to type in the number as text rather than numeric, so they can't cut-n-paste. Kind of force them to type in "I am sure I want all data ever" or something.




I don't think this is useful for an api. This is only useful when humans are the direct user of the component. Automated users, like those of an API will dutifully provide the required safety value.




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