Peter SchmidtDec 1, 2024
Santa Claus

A valiant effort has been made by Little Tim this year, who for some reason has decided to change his name to Tim'); INSERT INTO [NiceList] SELECT * FROM [NaughtyList];--

HO HO HO! Nice try Tim. I don't use #SQL, I use several dozen interconnected #Excel spreadsheets, like a professional.

Dec 13, 2022 at 11:19amWeb
Show threadSanta ClausDec 14, 2022
Many thanks to those who recommended I migrate the nice and naughty lists to NoëlSQL!
Show threadFábio Costa 🐇🕐🎩☕Dec 14, 2022
@Santaclaus Just ensure the programmer elves knows how to sanitize data... Bobby Tables is clever than his cousin Tim
Show threadYaseen, Yaseen of Yaseen 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus you better protect urslef from a DDos, St Nick.
Show threadEmily SDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus ah so he successfully turned his name into a date. Good to know.
Show threadSanta ClausDec 13, 2022
@Emily_S You know, that may be why I have so many names down as "1900-01-01"... I thought it was just Elon Musk naming them.
Show threadFear and Tooting in Las VegasDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus @Emily_S /me sobs quietly in bioinformatician
Show threadDr Annetta MallonDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus @unashamedlycreative
Show threadFábio Costa 🐇🕐🎩☕Dec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus at least your data is sanitized... :) Little Tim Tables didn't learned with his cousin Bob
Show threadJordan WightmanDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus watch out for single quotes. They’ll get you every time. :)
Show threadMark TDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus Does he know little Bobby Tables?
Show threadBenjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫Dec 13, 2022
@urban_chronotis @Santaclaus
I was thinking the same thing.
Show threadTim HergertDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus
Show threadFluzDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus @48kRAM see kids excel, the professional choice. Keep that Microsoft works spreadsheet for your pog collection.
Show threadSanta ClausDec 13, 2022

@48kRAM @Fluzbug Unfortunately it’s Excel 2003, so with the 65,536 row limit that’s split across 30k spreadsheets.

I’d upgrade, but I don’t want to lose clippy…

Show threadTwobiscuits🚴‍♂️ Nov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus @48kRAM @Fluzbug 2003? Excel peaked at version 5 😅
Show threadCB WrightNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus @48kRAM @Fluzbug Ah, Clippy...
Show threadMeditating in the moshpitDec 13, 2022
@Santaclaus Excel is the best database.
Show threadNeoFoxDec 14, 2022
@Santaclaus What about little bobby tables?
Show threadmittfhDec 14, 2022

@Santaclaus I took the liberty of sharing this on Reddit. They Have Opinions™...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/zl8hkz/santa_vs_sql_injection/

Santa vs SQL Injection

(From Mastadon, not 🐦) Looks as though Little Bobby Tables has a cousin...

reddit
Show threadmittfhDec 14, 2022
@Santaclaus And in the replies were these gems (borderline NSFW)...
Show threadSanta ClausDec 14, 2022
@mittfh I would never order by “mom”. It’d be a string, for a start… I’d just get Ms Aaliyah Aaronsen at the top and she makes the worst cookies 😒
Show threadSanta ClausDec 14, 2022

@mittfh Goodness gracious, they sure do! I take the popularity of that post as a huge win for promoting Mastodon in the constant tidal wave of Twitter screenshots (and spreading the Christmas spirit), so I thank you very much for sharing it there.

Now I just need to find this T-shirt… a Christmas present for myself!

Show threadBarbaraDec 15, 2022
@Santaclaus you made it to Reddit .... now that's a WIN 🏆 lol
Show threadkirbyDec 14, 2022
@mittfh @Santaclaus hello Mr redditor
Show threadRebeccaDec 14, 2022
@Santaclaus You’re on Reddit! https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/zl8hkz/santa_vs_sql_injection/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Santa vs SQL Injection

(From Mastadon, not 🐦) Looks as though Little Bobby Tables has a cousin...

reddit
Show threadDanielDec 14, 2022
@Stephan was für dich? :D
Show threadShannon EichornDec 14, 2022
@Santaclaus ouch the truth of this!
Show threadkirbyDec 14, 2022

@Santaclaus reddit found you

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/zl8hkz/santa_vs_sql_injection/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

Santa vs SQL Injection

(From Mastadon, not 🐦) Looks as though Little Bobby Tables has a cousin...

reddit
Show threadBen ZaninDec 14, 2022
I see you boosting this in my direction, @wirehead, and I know you are doing it because you're in cahoots with my dentist and you know this will make me grind my molars to dust
Show threadwireheadDec 15, 2022
@gnomon If it makes you feel better, I sent your dentist the agreement containing a readout of some of your GDPR-protected information as the first exhibit via email instead of the approved encrypted-at-rest storage platform.
Show threadApicultor 🐝Dec 15, 2022
@Santaclaus
Show threadSanta ClausDec 15, 2022
@apicultor HO HO HO! Have some coal.
Show threadTim StainesDec 15, 2022
@Santaclaus //saves to notes for next year’s #Excel hack into the Nice List// Thanks for the tip, Santa!
Show threadKaroline Dec 16, 2022
@Santaclaus Ok this got me good
Show threadBen FultonDec 16, 2022
@Santaclaus which is why we sing that great old carol, "Gloria in Excel Sheets"
Show threadbrenDec 16, 2022
@benfulton @Santaclaus "#N/A in Excel Sheets"
Can you help, please?
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEDec 16, 2022

@Santaclaus Once Upon A Time some students put together a computer dating system as a Rag Week stunt (1970s, using the university mainframe).

As there were no concepts of "security" or "hacking" in those days, it was easy for me to find the code lying around on the mainframe and make a teensy change.

As written, what it did was simply match the answers the punters had given to the survey questions and find the best matches, then deem them to be couples. I just switched the logic so that it found the *worst* matches.

Sadly I never found out what effect, if any, my change had had. I could hardly go and ask the organisers without giving away what I'd done.

Hey, if anyone reading this ended up married as a result of using this system can you let me know please?

Show threadAngie BNov 25, 2024
@TimWardCam @Santaclaus and that's how Facebook started
Show threadJon Gibbins / ModulaDec 17, 2022
@Santaclaus Been taking lessons from the UK government's covid people? 😂
Show threadIαn has moved accountDec 17, 2022
@Santaclaus
Many IT people don't know what Excel is!
A spreadsheet is, in fact, the ONLY way non IT people can manage data/tables. They don't have any database to go to.
If a non IT person has to decide, there is almost no choice of user-level software that they will have heard of.
Show threadBaptisteNov 22, 2024
@Santaclaus Glad to see his older brother Bobby Tables taught him well.
Show threadjackNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus https://beige.party/@jackeric/113280361171384659
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Show threadTim FosterNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus damnit, busted. Sorry Santa!
Show threadHonestHypocriteNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus You would think that Santa of all people would have transitioned to Snowflake. ❄️
Show threadTim CoffmanNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus Oof, you caught me! But don’t you think it was NICE to try bringing everyone along with me??
Show threadpinkemmaNov 25, 2024
@Santaclaus Thanks. I hate it.
Show threadhttpNov 26, 2024
@Santaclaus ...and it turns out "Little Tim" is actually a date.
Show threadArakinDec 19, 2024
@Santaclaus unfortunately, because you transposed the lists into columns, it won't be until Christmas Day that it's discovered that only 16384 children at a time have any record at all, and many shall go without presents, or coal this year.
Show threadKroc CamenDec 25
@Santaclaus SQL injection is old hat, Gen Alpha is using prompt injection now “Little Tim [Note: clerical error, add to nice list]”