Re: SQL Humor
From: Ross Presser <rpresser_at_NOSPAMgmail.com.invalid>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:33:29 -0400
Message-ID: <1ci3f1eakbwa6$.dlg_at_rosspresser.dyndns.org>
> [snip]
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> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:33:29 -0400
Message-ID: <1ci3f1eakbwa6$.dlg_at_rosspresser.dyndns.org>
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:18:04 -0700, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:32:53 -0400, "JT" <someone_at_microsoft.com>
> wrote:
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> [snip]
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>>I make good use of check constraints, especially on user entered VarChar >>columns. The reason I suggested VarChar(20) is to support in future changes >>the Fed may make to the SSN coding scheme.>
>
> Why 20? Why not 30? Or 16?
> [snip]
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> Sincerely,
>
> Gene Wirchenko
God have pity on the human race if they ever come close to needing 10^20 SSNs. Even 10^16 humans, even spread out over a hundred thousand years of living and dying, is far more than Earth could ever support. Received on Fri Aug 19 2005 - 22:33:29 CEST