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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:03:38 -0800, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
wrote:
>Brian Tkatch wrote:
>
<SNIP>
>Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. If that is what it is like where you work
>I would guess that is probably true given that they hired you and no
>doubt have hired others like you.
Perhaps you have not read what i have posted. I do not do the things i am talking about. Indeed, i have been asked to fix these issues. However, many people are like this.
>But if you think that is what it is like at Amazon.com, AT&T, Boeing,
>T-Mobile, Washington Mutual Bank, Matsushita, etc. etc. etc. you are
>in need of a 12 step program.
And perhaps you need a dose of reality.
B.
>
>>>>> Putting validation into the application will never, EVER, keep someone
>>>>> with SQL*Plus from destroying it.
>>>> Unless it is a controlled environment.
>>> There is no such thing and, in fact, is impossible to build. If you can
>>> find a single computer system, running Oracle, that does not have
>>> administrative access I'd like to hear about it.
>>
>> And i would just as well keep you ignorant of it. Who knows what you
>> would do!
>
>ALTER USER tkatch ACCOUNT LOCK;
>
>would be a good first step.
Received on Wed Nov 21 2007 - 08:03:25 CST
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