Yes I was a bit worried about the coder! On 26 January 2010 15:32, Kellyn Pedersen <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > And I thought the developer was just trying to slip in a message to > everyone about how he really felt about working on the code... :) > > Kellyn Pedersen > Multi-Platform DBA > I-Behavior Inc. > http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen > www.dbakevlar.blogspot.com > > "Go away before I replace you with a very small and efficient shell > script..." > > > --- On *Tue, 1/26/10, Ric Van Dyke <ric.van.dyke@xxxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > > From: Ric Van Dyke <ric.van.dyke@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: Radiohead lyrics in Oracle RDBMS code > To: troach@xxxxxxxxx, dennis@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 7:33 AM > > > You’d be surprised (or shocked) at some of the things that have creep > into the code over the years… > > > > ----------------------- > > Ric Van Dyke > > Hotsos Enterprises > > ----------------------- > > > > *Hotsos Symposium * > > *March 7 – 11, 2010 * > > *Be there.* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Roach > *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2010 7:44 AM > *To:* dennis@xxxxxxxxxx > *Cc:* ORACLE-L > *Subject:* Re: Radiohead lyrics in Oracle RDBMS code > > > > I wonder what other lyrics are in the code :)... Could this explain why > Oracle keeps taking more room to install? : ) > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Dennis Yurichev > <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc320.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi. > > strings oracle.exe | grep radiohead > > Starting at least at 10.2.0.1, function kfasSelfTest_update() (located > in kfas.o) use Radiohead lyrics to test... something related to ASM > probably. > > Schematic pseudocode: > > #define STRING "I'm a creep, I'm a winner, what the hell am I doing > here.I don't belong here - radiohead" > > kfasSelfTest_update() > { > kfasOpen (...); > somestruct.somevalue=STRING; > kfasUpdate (somestruct); > kfasClose (...); > newstruct=kfasOpen (...); > if (strncmp (newstruct.somevalue, STRING, ...)!=0) > { > // raise error 99999? > kserec1(99999, 1, ...); > kserec2(99999, 1, ..., STRING, 1, ...); > return 0; > }; > kfasClose (...); > return 1; > }; > > - -- > My PGP public key: http://yurichev.com/dennis.yurichev.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAktdU1kACgkQ1YPmFmJG++OphwCgyMwyRlBa+/3SKXv7HXzCsOjG > pQYAoNLryKAC872uwJKK2k8vapk/24zs > =LRVc > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- > Thomas Roach > 813-404-6066 > troach@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc320.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=troach@xxxxxxxxx> > > > -- Howard A. Latham