SURPRISE column ?!?!

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SURPRISE column ?!?!

Post by Julie » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:56 pm

I think the questions I am asking are becoming too difficult :lol:

Anyone know what the heck the surprise column in the vs_databases table is?

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dbadmin=> select surprise from vs_databases;
-[ RECORD 1 ]---------------------------------
surprise | md5d03108f0e5cd877dbab68675e2df3fb0
Is it like a fortune cookie kind of deal?
Thanks,
Juliette

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Re: SURPRISE column ?!?!

Post by Julie » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:54 pm

I must say that I am "surprised" that no one knows what the surprise column is :lol:
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Juliette

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Re: SURPRISE column ?!?!

Post by sarah » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:06 pm

Julie,

Do you think it contains a hash value created with the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm? I'm curious too.

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