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On 2019-02-22 14:50, Kevin Cully wrote: There are a ton of VFP developers and they've never reached out to their community to improve their skills and it shows in their code. So true! Together, we're better. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

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Forgive yourself and move on.  :D  We've all made bad design decisions at one point or another in the past.  The most important part is that you are active in a developer community and seek to do better.  I hope that I am a better developer today than I was yesterday.  There are a ton of VFP de

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On 25/02/2019 17:10, John Weller wrote: > I should have said given 😊 Gt Ducie St - that brings back memories of > commuting between Salford and Manchester Grammar many, many years ago! > It's more or less the same now, but with worse traffic :-( Oh and Boddington's brewery has gone. Peter This

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At 09:00 2019-02-25, Ted Roche wrote: On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:38 AM Ed Leafe wrote: > They are presumably being used as PKs for tables representing humans, no? > Then the vast majority of potential records would have null values, since > most humans are not citizens of the USA. Ur either M

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At 08:38 2019-02-25, Ed Leafe wrote: On Feb 25, 2019, at 10:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > > There's a couple of issues with using SSNs. > > Technically, they are not unique. Several people have received duplicate > numbers, so they're not ideal primary keys. They are presumably being used as PKs f

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I should have said given 😊 Gt Ducie St - that brings back memories of commuting between Salford and Manchester Grammar many, many years ago! John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 You inherited a boot brush? That's a new one on me :-) ___ Post Mes

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Uh oh Ted - this kinda comment could push this thread into the Devious world of the OT Territory!!! For the heck of it - I Googled the term - and I found it kind funny what was written up in the Urbandictionary: "Those Muricans think they can just push everyone around. What abunch

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On 25/02/2019 16:53, John Weller wrote: > Thanks Ted, that explains it well. We have a similar number, the National > Insurance Number, which is unique and is not considered 'secret' at least as > far as I am aware, but that is random and includes a check digit. I don't > think I would use it

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On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:38 AM Ed Leafe wrote: > They are presumably being used as PKs for tables representing humans, no? > Then the vast majority of potential records would have null values, since > most humans are not citizens of the USA. > Ur either Muricans, or your not. ;) But seriously

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Thanks Ted, that explains it well. We have a similar number, the National Insurance Number, which is unique and is not considered 'secret' at least as far as I am aware, but that is random and includes a check digit. I don't think I would use it as it is too cumbersome. 😊 I know what you mea

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On Feb 25, 2019, at 10:26 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > > There's a couple of issues with using SSNs. > > Technically, they are not unique. Several people have received duplicate > numbers, so they're not ideal primary keys. They are presumably being used as PKs for tables representing humans, no? The

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John: There's a couple of issues with using SSNs. Technically, they are not unique. Several people have received duplicate numbers, so they're not ideal primary keys. Second, they are considered "secret" Personally Identifiable Information (often PII) and disclosure of such information can be a

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Purely out of curiosity and not being familiar with your SSNs (Social Security Numbers I assume) can I ask what is the problem with using them as a PK? John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 I must confess I did this once and used SSN's as a primary key. It is my shame _

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xt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: false news On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:11 AM Kevin J Cully wrote: > I had a potential client where they based their primary keys based on > employee Social Security Numbers. They didn't like it when I told them > that they'd need a complete rewrite. No

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On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:11 AM Kevin J Cully wrote: > I had a potential client where they based their primary keys based on > employee Social Security Numbers. They didn't like it when I told them > that they'd need a complete rewrite. Notice this would have been the case > no matter what lang

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ntacts all customers notifying them that there is a vulnerability and that there is a solution available. As Ted Roche always says "Security is a process". -Kevin -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Friday, February 2

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Ignorance and stupidity still runs in the so-called “expert consultant” fraternity. “An outdated software that is used by about 200 Vermont municipalities and the Vermont Tax Department has long contained flaws that exposed sensitive information including Social Security numbers, according to a