Amazing what sample data generators come up with these days. - Stuart
On 2 July 2015 at 14:54, Grant Maw <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys > > Not really a .net specific post, but I thought I'd share anyway. > > I'm working on a database at the moment that is used to record heart rates > and other biometric data in high intensity exercise scenarios. > > We're working with an offshore company, creating what is essentially a > copy of part of their existing database, with modifications to suit our > particular requirements. The guy at the other end said he would give me a > database diagram together with a dump of the relevant data into Excel so > that I could see how it all hangs together. > > First off, he tried to shoehorn the data from about 20 different SQL > tables into a single spreadsheet. Not a workbook with multiple sheets, a > single sheet. > > I could probably live with that, except he grabbed the wrong data before > he sent it to me. Instead of heart rate and respiratory data, I got a set > of tables that provided links to porn sites and sex videos, handbag sales, > pharmaceuticals, products made from Canadian geese, hair loss tonics, > gambling sites, horse racing, Viagra and Cialis, and a variety of other > things. > > It was clearly a data set that is used as the basis for a spam sending > application. Talk about busted! > > I should be pissed off with them for wasting my time, but I'm laughing too > hard. Needless to say I'll not be taking anything they say seriously from > now on! > > Cheers > > Grant > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart Kinnear Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd acn. 81 072 778 262 PO Box 6082 Cromer, Vic 3193. Australia Business software developers. SQL Server, Visual Basic, C# , Asp.Net, Microsoft Office. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
